Leif Hoegh & Co. A/S v. Petrolsea Inc. (The World Era) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Hobhouse J.) - 27 March 1991

Claimant charterers appoint arbitrator in respect of breach of charterparty and losses sustained in charterers’ own right - Whether claimants can subsequently amend Points of Claim to allege in the alternative that they were acting as agents for undisclosed principals and were entitled to recover damages in the right of such principals

The disponent owners of the vessel World Era chartered her to the defendants. The defendants sub chartered the vessel on back to back terms. The charterers and the sub charterers were both subsidiaries of companies in the Marc Rich & Co. A.G. group.