FURNESS WITHY (AUSTRALIA) PTY. LTD. v. METAL DISTRIBUTORS (U.K.) LTD. (THE “AMAZONIA”)

[1989] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 403

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Gatehouse

Charter-party (Voyage) - Arbitration clause - Parties intended proper law to be English - Charter incorporated Australian Sea-Carriage of Goods Act, 1924 - Whether arbitration clause void - Whether parties entered into ad hoc agreement to refer disputes to arbitration in London - Whether estoppel by convention could be relied on.