ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN SHIPPING LINES v. IERAX SHIPPING CO. OF PANAMA (THE “FORUM CRAFTSMAN”)

[1991] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 81

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Hobhouse

Arbitration - Award - Error of law - Dispute as to demurrage - Vessel delayed 79 days at anchorage waiting to reberth to discharge balance of cargo - Arbitrators held charterers only entitled to seven days interruption of demurrage and not entitled to rely on exclusion clause - Whether error of law in award.