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BLAYCO Corporation Ltd. v James Todman DCK Construction (SPV) Limited et al (BVI High Court BVIHCV2018/0125)

  1. 16 January 2019British Virgin Islands

    16 January 2019British Virgin Islands

    Judgment of the High Court of Justice (Civil), British Virgin Islands in the case BVIHCV2018/0125 dated 16 January 2019

    Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, High Court of Justice (Civil), British Virgin Islands

    Case no.
    BVIHCV2018/0125
    Citation
    Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, British Virgin Islands, High Court of Justice (Civil), judgment of 16 January 2019, Claim No. BVIHCV2018/0125
    Decision summary
    The court stayed the breach-of-contract proceedings pending arbitration under the subcontract's arbitration clause and section 18(1) of the BVI Arbitration Act 2013. It directed the first defendant to commence arbitration within 42 days unless the parties agreed another timetable, allowed the claimant to seek lifting of the stay for non-compliance, awarded USD 2,000 in costs to the first defendant, and dismissed the second and third defendants' applications to remove the claims against them.

    Supporting details

    14 authorities · 10 participants
    Application
    Application for a stay pending arbitration — Granted
    Application
    Application to strike out the claim against the second defendant — Denied
    Application
    Application to remove the third defendant as a party — Denied
    BLAYCO Corporation Ltd.
    Representative
    Ayodeji Bernard (For: BLAYCO Corporation Ltd.)
    James Todman DCK Construction (SPV) Limited
    Representative
    Sydney Bennett (For: James Todman DCK Construction (SPV) Limited · DCK Worldwide LLC)
    Representative
    Pauline Mullings (For: James Todman DCK Construction (SPV) Limited · DCK Worldwide LLC)
    DCK Worldwide LLC
    Representative
    Sydney Bennett (For: James Todman DCK Construction (SPV) Limited · DCK Worldwide LLC)
    Representative
    Pauline Mullings (For: James Todman DCK Construction (SPV) Limited · DCK Worldwide LLC)
    James Todman Construction Ltd
    Representative
    Christina Hart (For: James Todman Construction Ltd)
    Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, High Court of Justice (Civil), British Virgin Islands
    Other
    Witness
    Jose Blay

    Authorities cited

    14
    • BVI Arbitration Act 2013
      statute
    • Civil Procedure Rules 2000
      statute
    • Woolf v Collis Removal Services ((1948) 1 K.B 11)
      case law
    • Pittalis v Sherefettin (1986 2 All ER 227)
      case law
    • Kruppa v Bennedetti et al ([2014] WLR(D) 250)
      case law
    • ANZEN Ltd et al v Hermes One Ltd ([2016] UKPC 1)
      case law
    • ANZEN Ltd et al v Hermes One Ltd (Claim No. BVIHC(COM)2014/001)
      case law
    • Wilson Taylor Asia Pacific Pte Ltd v Dyna-Jet Pte Ltd (2017 SGCA 32)
      case law
    • South East Asia Energy Holding AG v Hycarbex-American Energy Inc. (SKBHCVAP2016/0015)
      case law
    • Amsprop Trading Ltd v Harris Distribution Ltd ([1997] 1 WLR 1025)
      case law
    • Barbados Redifusion Services Limited v Asha Merchandani et al. (CCJ Appeal No. CV 1 of 2005)
      case law
    • Olga Nichols v Epicurean Holding Limited (BVIHCV2015/0313)
      case law
    • Real Time Systems Ltd v Renraw Investments Ltd ([2014] UKPC 6)
      case law
    • Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co. Ltd v Selfridge Ltd ([1915] UKHL 1)
      case law

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