EXCOMM LTD. v. GUAN GUAN SHIPPING (PTE) LTD. (THE “GOLDEN BEAR”)

[1987] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 330

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Staughton

Arbitration - Delay in prosecution - Injunction - Claim in respect of shortage and damage to cargo - Claim in respect of demurrage - Whether cargo claim abandoned or rescinded - Whether owners precluded from exercising a power or discretion to continue with arbitration - Final award in demurrage arbitration - Whether owners precluded from proceeding with cargo claim - Whether injunction restraining owners from proceeding with arbitration should be granted.