K v A

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 79

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr Justice Popplewell

Sale of goods (fob) – Payment of price – Seller emailing invoice to broker directing buyer to make payment to specified bank account – Fraudster intercepting email and directing payment to be made to fraudulent account – Buyer making payment to fraudulent account – Whether risk of fraud on buyer or seller – Whether buyer complied with contractual payment obligation – Whether arbitration tribunal erred in law – Whether serious irregularity – Arbitration Act 1996, sections 68 and 69.