Ispat Industries Ltd v Western Bulk Pte Ltd (The "Sabrina 1") - QBD (Com Ct)(Teare J) - 31 January 2011

Arbitration - Whether serious irregularity - Charterparty - Whether fixture note to be construed as time charter trip or as voyage charter - Whether obtaining of Rule B attachment constituted breach of London arbitration clause - Damages - Whether tribunal failed to apply "assumption of responsibility" test for remoteness of damage

The vessel Sabrina 1 was chartered pursuant to the terms of a fixture recap dated 21 December 2007 which provided inter alia: