The London Steam Ship Owners Mutual Insurance Association Ltd v The Kingdom of Spain (The “Prestige”) – QBD (Comm Ct) (Walker J) [2013] EWHC 2840 (Comm) – 20 September 2013

Arbitration – Award – Enforcement – Objection to jurisdiction of arbitrator – Objector not participating in arbitral proceedings – Successful party seeking to enforce award – Objecting party out of time for challenging jurisdiction under section 67 Arbitration Act 1996 – Delay in filing evidence in opposition to enforcement application – Whether extension of time should be granted to enable objector to resist enforcement

In November 2002 massive oil pollution damage was caused when the tanker Prestige broke up off the coast of Spain.