MINISTRY OF TRADE OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ AND ANOTHER v TSAVLIRIS SALVAGE (INTERNATIONAL) LTD (THE “ALTAIR”)
[2008] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 40
QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)
Before Mr Justice Gross
Arbitration – Jurisdiction – Vessel and cargo grounded
in Kuwaiti waters – Vessel owners engaging salvors on
Lloyd’s Standard Form – Whether shipowners had authority to bind cargo owners
to London arbitration clause – Identity of cargo owners – Whether arbitrator
had jurisdiction to determine salvors’ award against
cargo owners - Sovereign immunity – Whether salvors entitled
to freezing injunction – International Salvage Convention 1989, article 6.2 –
State Immunity Act 1978, sections 14(1) and 14(2).