Oxford Shipping Co. v. Nippon Yusen Kaisha (The Eastern Saga) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Mustill J.) - 5 March 1982

Leave to appeal from arbitration award - Court’s approach

In this application for leave to appeal from the arbitrator under the Arbitration Act 1979, Mustill J. considered what the Court’s approach should be when faced with an application for leave in a rather novel situation. He held that the Court should: