| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2012] All ER (D) 130 (Apr) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2012] EWHC 1067 (Comm) |
| Court: | Queen's Bench Division, Commercial Court |
| Judge: | Andrew Smith J |
| Representation | Mark Hapgood QC and Alexander Pelling (instructed by Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP) for the claimants. |
| Iain Milligan and Michael Collett (instructed by Sidley Austin LLP) for the defendant. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 25 April 2012 |
Catchwords
Arbitration - Stay of court proceedings - Arbitration agreement - Parties entering arbitration agreement - Claimant companies commencing proceedings for declaration arbitration agreement inoperative - Defendant company seeking stay of proceedings - Whether proceedings 'in respect of' referred matter - Whether arguable that arbitration agreement operative - .
The Case
Arbitration Stay of court proceedings. The Commercial Court, under of the Arbitration Act 1996, stayed the claimants' application for declarations that an arbitration agreement included in an agreement between the parties in relation to the financing of train vehicles was inoperative.
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