Oxford Shipping Co. Ltd. v. Nippon Yusen Kaisha (The Eastern Saga) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Leggatt J.) - 26 June 1984

Whether arbitrators have power to order concurrent hearings without parties’ consent

This was apparently the first case to decide the question whether arbitrators have power or jurisdiction to order the concurrent hearing of two arbitrations without the consent of the parties to those arbitrations. The plaintiffs were the owners of the vessel Eastern Saga . The defendants chartered the vessel under the NYPE form. Clause 17 contained a London arbitration clause. The defendants sub-chartered the vessel to Sanko Steamship Co.