ATHLETIC UNION OF CONSTANTINOPLE v. NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION AND OTHERS

[2002] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 305

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Richard Field, Q.C., Sitting as a Deputy Judge of the Queen’s Bench Division

Arbitration - Award - Jurisdiction - Allegation by applicants that they never agreed to arbitrate - Whether arbitrator lacked jurisdiction to make award - Whether applicants barred from arguing jurisdiction issue - Whether applicants agreed to arbitration on merits - Whether applicants prevented from challenging arbitrator’s jurisdiction - Whether application for leave to appeal should be granted - Arbitration Act, 1996, ss. 33(1), 67, 69, 73(1).