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UK P&I Club NV and Another v República Bolivariana de Venezuela (The RCGS Resolute) – Queen’s Bench Division, Commercial Court [2022] EWHC 1655 (Comm), Sir Ross Cranston, sitting as a High Court Judge – 28 June 2022

Arbitration – Anti-suit injunction – Direct action against insurers by third-party state – Whether third-party state bound by arbitration clause – Whether anti-suit injunction could be granted against a state – State Immunity Act 1978, sections 1, 9 and 13 – European Convention on Human Rights, article 6
Online Published Date:  05 August 2022
Appeared in issue:  1113 - 05 August 2022

London Arbitration 27/22

Charterparty – Off-hire – Vessel quarantined by health authority at delivery port after one crew member tested positive for Covid-19 – Whether owners could rely on clause making charterers liable for time lost to procedures imposed by authorities to combat avian influenza or similar – Whether charterers could rely on an exception for procedures arising solely as a consequence of crew’s history prior to delivery
Online Published Date:  05 August 2022
Appeared in issue:  1113 - 05 August 2022

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