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CZECH REPUBLIC v DIAG HUMAN SE AND ANOTHER
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 1
Arbitration – Bilateral Investment Treaty – Jurisdiction – Meaning of “qualifying investment” – Whether dispute arose before BIT was entered into – Meaning of “qualifying investor” – Issue estoppel – Arbitration Act 1996 – Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties 1968.
BARCLAYS BANK PLC v VEB.RF
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 59
Arbitration – Jurisdiction – Preliminary determination of jurisdiction by the court – Arbitration Act 1996, section 32.
INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES LUXEMBOURG SARL AND ANOTHER v THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN | BORDER TIMBERS LTD AND ANOTHER v REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 66
Arbitration – Sovereign immunity – Arbitration award obtained under ICSID Convention 1965 – Enforcement in England – Whether accession to ICSID was submission to jurisdiction – ICSID Convention, articles 53 to 55 – State Immunity Act 1978, sections 1, 2 and 9.
MARCHAND NAVIGATION CO v OLAM GLOBAL AGRI PTE LTD AND ANOTHER
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 92
Charterparty (time) – Lien on sub-freights – Disponent owner exercising lien over sub-freights having paid for bunkers under time charterparty – Demurrage owed under voyage charterparty – Meaning of “amounts due under this charter” – Nature of shipowner's lien over sub-freights, sub-hires or demurrages – Time charterer asserting arbitration clause – Meaning of “dispute” – New York Produce Exchange 1946.
ORION SHIPPING AND TRADING LTD v GREAT ASIA MARITIME LTD (THE "LILA LISBON")
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 101
Ship sale – Seller's default – Seller failing to give notice of readiness – Buyer terminating agreement – Damages – Loss of bargain – Norwegian Sale Form 2012 – Sale of Goods Act 1979, section 51 – Arbitration Act 1996, section 69.
KINGDOM OF SPAIN v LONDON STEAMSHIP OWNERS’ MUTUAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION LTD | FRENCH STATE v LONDON STEAMSHIP OWNERS’ MUTUAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION LTD (THE “PRESTIGE”)
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 115
Arbitration – Appeal against award – Whether arbitrator had jurisdiction to disregard judgment of Court of Justice of the European Union – Issue estoppel – Public policy – Equitable compensation – Award of injunction against a state – Damages in lieu of injunction – Arbitration Act 1996, sections 48, 66, 67 and 69 – State Immunity Act 1978, section 13 – Senior Courts Act 1981, section 50 – Brussels Regulation (EC) No 44/2001, articles 1 and 34.
INVESTCOM GLOBAL LTD v PLC INVESTMENTS LTD AND OTHERS
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 163
Arbitration – Seat of the arbitration – Seat not designated by parties – Seat determined by ICC – Whether ICC had jurisdiction to determine seat – Anti-suit injunction – Senior Courts Act 1981, section 37 – Arbitration Act 1996, section 3 – CPR Part 62.5 and Practice Direction 6B.
TUMPUAN MEGAH DEVELOPMENT SDN BHD v ING BANK NV AND ANOTHER
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 181
Arbitration – Stay of judicial proceedings – Issue estoppel – Extension of time – Arbitration Act 1996, sections 9, 66, 73 and 80(5).
VALLIANZ SHIPBUILDING & ENGINEERING PTE LTD v OWNER OF THE VESSEL "ECO SPARK"
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 195
Admiralty – Admiralty jurisdiction and arrest – Action in rem – Definition of “ship” – Meaning of “vessel used in navigation” – Whether barge converted to floating fish farm a “ship” – High Court (Admiralty Jurisdiction) Act 1961, section 2 – Interpretation Act 1965.
BUGSBY PROPERTY LLC AND ANOTHER v OMNI BRIDGEWAY (FUND 5) CAYMAN INVESTMENT LTD AND ANOTHER
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 219
Arbitration – Appointment of arbitrator – Whether parties had entered into arbitration agreement – Scope of agreement – Arbitration Act 1996, sections 6 and 18.
ERONAT v CPNC INTERNATIONAL (CHAD) LTD AND ANOTHER
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 233
Arbitration – Appeal on point of law – Extension of time – Summary enforcement – Arbitration Act 1996, sections 54, 55, 56, 66, 69 and 70.
MARE NOVA INC v ZHANGJIAGANG JIUSHUN SHIP ENGINEERING CO LTD
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 245
Shipbuilding – Defective repairs – Arbitration – Serious irregularity – Whether defence relied upon by arbitrator raised in arbitration – Error of law – Whether contract exempted shipyard from liability – Arbitration Act 1996, sections 68 and 69.
RRY v NKX
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 254
Arbitration – Appeal for error of law – Refusal of permission to appeal – Application for permission to appeal against refusal – Time limits – Arbitration Act 1996, section 69 – CPR Part 52.
UNICREDIT BANK GMBH v RUSCHEMALLIANCE LLC
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 264
Arbitration – Anti-suit injunction – Whether court could revoke or vary permanent anti-suit injunction – CPR 3.1(7).
GENERAL DYNAMICS UNITED KINGDOM LTD v STATE OF LIBYA
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 273
Arbitration – Sovereign immunity – Whether state had waived execution immunity – State Immunity Act 1978, section 13.
LITASCO SA v BANQUE EL AMANA SA
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 285
Standby letter of credit – Enforcement of payment – Effect of Mauritanian court orders preventing payment – Whether illegality in place of performance – Whether claimant submitted to jurisdiction of Mauritanian courts – Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, section 33.
REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN v WORLD WIDE MINERALS LTD AND OTHERS
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 298
Arbitration – Serious irregularity – Failure by tribunal to deal with issue put to it – Arbitration Act 1996, section 68(2)(d).
RUKHADZE AND OTHERS v RECOVERY PARTNERS GP LTD AND ANOTHER
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 329
Fiduciaries – No conflict rule – Whether account of profits is independent duty or remedy for other breach – Role of causation – Role of counterfactual arguments on making of profit and consent.
AMS AMEROPA MARKETING AND SALES AG AND ANOTHER v OCEAN UNITY NAVIGATION INC (THE “DORIC VALOUR”)
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 389
Contracts (bills of lading) – Heat damage to soybeans – Carrier admitting breach – Salvage sale by receiver – Seller claiming against carrier having compensated buyer – Title to sue – Mitigation of loss.
AMS AMEROPA MARKETING AND SALES AG AND ANOTHER v OCEAN UNITY NAVIGATION INC (THE “DORIC VALOUR”)
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 401
Contracts (bills of lading) – Heat damage to soybeans – Carrier admitting breach – Salvage sale by receiver – Seller claiming against carrier having compensated and taken assignment from buyer – Duty to account for damages.
HULLEY ENTERPRISES LTD AND OTHERS v THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 411
Arbitration – Recognition and enforcement of award – Tribunal ruling in favour of jurisdiction over claim against Russia – Challenge to award on jurisdictional grounds dismissed by the Dutch courts – Whether Dutch ruling created issue estoppel in English enforcement proceedings – State Immunity Act 1978 – Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, section 31.
MARINA DEVELOPMENTS LTD v OWNER(S) OF "SY EXPLORER"
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 428
Admiralty – Berthing fees – Vessel under arrest following failure to pay dock dues – Contractual agreement on payment of fees – Dues of vessels forming part of same flotilla – Whether vessel owner having agreed on behalf of company – Security for release – Meaning of “in connection with a ship” – Senior Courts Act 1981, sections 20(2), and 21(3) and (4).
MSH LTD v HCS LTD
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 433
Arbitration – Jurisdiction – Agency – Undisclosed principal – Arbitration Act 1996, section 67.
A CORPORATION v FIRM B AND ANOTHER
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 443
Arbitration – Duty of confidentiality in arbitration – Scope of duty – Exceptions – Application to solicitors – Test for interim relief.
CZECH REPUBLIC v DIAG HUMAN SE AND ANOTHER
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 458
Arbitration – Bilateral Investment Treaty – Jurisdiction – Loss of right to object on jurisdictional grounds to award – Meaning of “qualifying investor” – Arbitration Act 1996, sections 31, 67 and 73.
CC/DEVAS (MAURITIUS) LTD AND OTHERS v REPUBLIC OF INDIA
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 499
Arbitration – Sovereign immunity – New York Convention 1958 – State Immunity Act 1978.
RENAISSANCE SECURITIES (CYPRUS) LTD v ILLC CHLODWIG ENTERPRISES AND OTHERS
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 518
Arbitration – Anti-suit injunction – Application to restrain proceedings in Russia against affiliates – Whether arbitration clause applied to claims against affiliates – Whether claims in Russia were vexatious and oppressive – Provision of information to court as to status of affiliates – Exercise of discretion.
WALLER-EDWARDS v ONE SAVINGS BANK PLC
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 533
Banking – Mortgage – Undue influence of spouse – Loan for joint benefit – Principles applicable to “hybrid” cases – Whether mortgage to be set aside.