Arbitration Law Monthly
Jurisdiction: jurisdiction and merits
In Port de Djibouti SA v DP World Djibouti FZCO [2023] EWHC 1189 (Comm); [2023] 2 Lloyd's Rep 149 Henshaw J considered, for the purposes of an appeal against an award on jurisdictional grounds under section 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996, whether a ruling by an arbitrator was on jurisdiction or on the merits of the claim.
Djibouti: the facts