Issue estoppel: effect of award

In MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co SA v Stolt Tank Containers BV and Others (The MSC Flaminia) [2022] EWHC 835 (Admlty), Andrew Baker J was required to review an arbitration award to determine whether the declarations made by the tribunal were of a nature to give rise to an issue estoppel in subsequent judicial proceedings. There was also an issue in relation to the grant of anti-suit relief.

The facts