FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA v. ANTCLIZO SHIPPING CORPORATION (THE “ANTCLIZO”)

[1987] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 130

COURT OF APPEAL

Before Lord Justice Kerr Lord Justice Nicholls and Lord Justice Bingham

Arbitration - Injunction - Delay in prosecution - Disputes on laytime demurrage and despatch referred to arbitration - No communication between parties for about eight years - Arbitrators closed their files -Whether arbitration agreement abandoned by mutual consent - Whether injunction restraining defendants from proceeding with arbitration should be granted.