Serious irregularity: ignoring late submissions

The main argument before Trower J in Seacrest Group Ltd v BCPR Pte Ltd and Another [2025] EWHC 3266 (Comm); [2026] Lloyd's Rep Plus 6 was that the tribunal had disregarded arguments raised by the applicant for the first time in the closing written submissions. Trower J held that there was no serious irregularity in circumstances where the parties had been informed that new arguments were not to be raised in the closing written submissions.

Seacrest: the facts