PETERSON FARMS INC. v. C&M FARMING LTD. [2004] EWHC 121 (Comm)

[2004] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 603

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Langley

Arbitration - Sale of goods - Goods defective - Losses suffered by buyer and by other companies in buyer’s group of companies - Arbitrators awarding damages for losses suffered by other companies - Award based on agency principles - Application to challenge award for want of jurisdiction - Nature of appeal - Applicable law - Whether agency existed - Estoppel - Ad hoc submission to jurisdiction - Arbitration Act, 1996, ss. 30, 31, 67 and 73.