Dampskibsselskabet Nordon A/S v Gladstone Civil Pty Ltd (formerly Beach Building & Civil Group Pty Ltd) (Administrator Appointed) – Federal Court of Australia – Full Court (Mansfield, Rares and Buchanan JJ) [2013] FCAFC 107 – 18 September 2013

Arbitration – Award – Enforcement – Arbitration conducted in London pursuant to London arbitration clause in voyage charterparty relating to carriage of goods from Australia – Whether London arbitration clause invalid and of no effect – Whether charterparty a “sea carriage document” within meaning of COGSA 1991 section 11

The appellant shipowners (the owners) applied for orders to recognise and enforce a London arbitration award pursuant to section 8 of the International Arbitration Act 1974 (Cth).