TTMI SARL v STATOIL ASA (THE "SIBOHELLE")

[2011] Lloyd's Rep Plus 58

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr Justice Beatson

Arbitration - Jurisdiction - Claimant commencing arbitration against defendant charterers - Defendant disputing existence of contract with claimant - Defendant relying on fixture recap which erroneously specified a different party as owners - Whether fixture recap constituted binding charterparty between claimant and defendant - Whether charterparty created by performance - Whether arbitration agreement sufficiently evidenced in writing - Arbitration Act 1996, sections 5(3) and 67.