London Arbitration 9/23

Time charterparty - Final hire accounts - Speed and consumption - LMAA Small Claims Procedure - Whether counterclaim time-barred when defence submissions served late - Whether arbitrator could adjudicate upon the counterclaim or whether it should be referred to a mutually agreed weather routing company

The owners time-chartered the subject vessel to the charterers for a trip. Disputes arose in relation to the final hire accounts and the parties referred them to a sole arbitrator, agreed by them, under the LMAA Small Claims Procedure 2017 (SCP).