ARI v WXJ – Queen’s Bench Division, Commercial Court [2022] EWHC 1543 (Comm) (Mr Justice Foxton) – 20 June 2022

Arbitration – LMAA Terms – Response to arbitration notice – Whether arbitrator validly appointed – Legal nature of relationship between arbitrator and appointing party

Over a number of years the claimant chartered vessels to the defendant on bareboat terms, using the Barecon form. Clause 30 provided that the bareboat charters were governed by English law and disputes were to be referred to arbitration in London in accordance with the Arbitration Act 1996 and conducted under LMAA Terms.