Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2006] All ER (D) 61 (Jan)
Neutral Citation: [2005] EWHC 3073 (Comm)
Court: Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
Judge:

Simon J

Representation Nicholas Padfield (instructed by Burnard Clark) for the claimant.
  Paul Emerson (instructed by Fox William) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 15 September 2005

Catchwords

Arbitration - Award - Setting aside award - Jurisdiction - Serious irregularity - Arbitrator assessing damages on agreed basis - Arbitrator finding payments out of business made in breach of claimant's duty of good faith - Whether findings outwith arbitrator's jurisdiction or serious irregularity - , ss 67, 68.

The Case

An arbitrator had not acted without jurisdiction or committed a serious irregularity in evaluating damages for an agreed breach of contract relating to the sale of a business.

Practice Areas

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