Jurisdiction: the parties to an arbitration agreement

It is common for disputes to arise as to whether a person is properly to be regarded as a party to an arbitration agreement. It is far less common for the same issue to arise in relation to both alleged parties. That was nevertheless the situation in SEA2011 Inc v ICT Ltd [2018] EWHC 520 (Comm); [2018] 1 Lloyd's Rep 463.

SEA2011 : the parties