MINISTRY OF FOOD GOVERNMENT OF BANGLADESH v. BENGAL LINER LTD. (THE "BENGAL PRIDE")

[1986] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 167

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Leggatt

Arbitration - Arbitrator - Appointment - Charterers failed to appoint their arbitrator within time given by owners - Owners' arbitrator appointed as sole arbitrator - Whether appointment premature - Whether award made without jurisdiction and not binding upon the parties - Arbitration Act, 1950, s. 7 (b).