Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly
ARBITRATORS’ POWER TO STRIKE OUT FOR WANT OF PROSECUTION
The Boucraa
In The Boucraa, 1 the House of Lords has now held that arbitrators have power to strike out claims pursuant to the Arbitration Act 1950, s. 13A2 where there has
1. L’Offce Cherifien des Phosphates v. Yamashita-Shinnihon S.S. Co. Ltd. (The Boucraa) [1994] 2 W.L.R. 39.
2. S. 13A was inserted into the 1950 Act by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990, s. 102.
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