GOLDEN OCEAN GROUP LTD V HUMPUSS INTERMODA TRANSPORTASI TBK LTD AND ANOTHER (THE "BARITO")

[2013] EWHC 1240 (Comm), Queen's Bench Division, Commercial Court, Mr Justice Popplewell, 16 May 2013

Arbitration - Permission to serve out of the jurisdiction - Interim anti-arbitration injunction to restrain pursuit of arbitration proceedings in Singapore - Identification of true parties to a charterparty

The applicant sought permission to serve an arbitration claim form out of the jurisdiction on the defendants HIT and G and for an interim "anti-arbitration" injunction to restrain G from pursuing arbitration proceedings in Singapore. The application arose out of a dispute as to which of the defendants was party as disponent owner to a charterparty under which the vessel Barito was chartered to the claimant in March 2008 for 11 to 13 months. The claim form was in respect of a declaration that the charterparty was between the claimant and HIT; and enforcement of an obtained award, including judgment for sums due to the claimant under the award, and the granting of such declarations and injunctions to enforce the award as may be just.