Jurisdiction: existence and interpretation of arbitration clause

Calver J in LavenderShipmanagement Inc v Ibrahima Sory Affretement Trading SA and Others [2020]EWHC 3462 (Comm) dismissed two jurisdictional challenges to an arbitrationaward under section 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996. Those challenges raised thequestions whether arbitration clauses in six bills of lading had beenconsolidated into a single clause and whether the tribunal had been validlyappointed.

Lavender : the facts