SKIBS A/S Avanti, SKIBS A/S Glarona, SKIBS A/S Navalis trading as Partrederiet Sibotre v. Okeanis Shipping Corpn. and H. Clarkson & Co. Ltd. - Ct. of Appeal (Sir John Donaldson M.R., May & Glidewell L.JJ.) - 20 November 1985

Arbitration clause - Whether dispute over alleged variation of contract covered by terms of clause

The parties were respectively buyers and sellers of a ship under a contract dated 14 December 1984 incorporating the standard terms of the Norwegian sale form as amended by their special bargain. The contract incorporated an arbitration clause in the following terms: