EMIRATES SHIPPING LINE DMCEST v GOLD STAR LINE LTD

[2023] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 73

KING’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mrs Justice Dias

Arbitration – Jurisdiction – Shipping line negotiating entry into liner consortium and simultaneously purchasing slots – Liability under slot purchase agreement – Whether one contract or two – Terms of slot purchase agreement – Whether liner consortium terms applied – Whether arbitration clause in liner consortium terms applied – Estoppel – Promissory estoppel – Estoppel by convention – Estoppel by acquiescence – Duty to speak – Arbitration Act 1996, section 67.