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Dreymoor Fertilisers Overseas PTE Ltd v Eurochem Trading GmbH (LCIA Arbitration 173598; ICC Arbitration 23181/TO)

Case no.
LCIA Arbitration 173598; ICC Arbitration 23181/TO
Seat
United Kingdom
Applicable rules
LCIA Rules of Arbitration 2014 · ICC Arbitration Rules
  1. 16 November 2017United Kingdom

    16 November 2017United Kingdom

    LCIA Partial Final Award dated 16 November 2017

    Decision summary
    Ali Malek QC dismissed Dreymoor's challenge to his jurisdiction over the claims advanced by Eurochem Trading GmbH in LCIA Arbitration 173598.

    Supporting details

    4 participants
    Dreymoor Fertilisers Overseas PTE Ltd
    Eurochem Trading GmbH
    Institution
    Arbitrator
    Ali Malek QC

    5 months and 8 days later · 159 days

  2. 24 April 2018United Kingdom

    24 April 2018United Kingdom

    Judgment of the High Court of Justice, Commercial Court in the case CL-2018-000062 dated 24 April 2018

    High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts of England and Wales, Commercial Court (QBD)

    Case no.
    CL-2018-000062
    Citation
    [2018] EWHC 909 (Comm)
    Decision summary
    The court dismissed Dreymoor's section 67 challenge to Ali Malek QC's Partial Final Award and held that the arbitration clauses covered the bribery-related disputes in LCIA Arbitration 173598. It rejected Dreymoor's section 32 claim and held that the ICC Tribunal had jurisdiction over the claims in ICC Arbitration 23181/TO.

    Supporting details

    12 authorities · 14 participants
    Dreymoor Fertilisers Overseas PTE Ltd
    Representative
    John Russell QC (For: Dreymoor Fertilisers Overseas PTE Ltd)
    Representative
    Ruth Hosking (For: Dreymoor Fertilisers Overseas PTE Ltd)
    Representative
    Kerman & Co LLP (For: Dreymoor Fertilisers Overseas PTE Ltd)
    Eurochem Trading GmbH
    Representative
    Justin Fenwick QC (For: Eurochem Trading GmbH)
    Representative
    George Spalton (For: Eurochem Trading GmbH)
    Representative
    Salisbury & Ryan LLP (For: Eurochem Trading GmbH)
    High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts of England and Wales, Commercial Court (QBD)
    Other
    Arbitrator
    Ali Malek QC
    Institutional administrator
    International Chamber of Commerce

    Authorities cited

    12
    • English Arbitration Act 1996
      statute
    • A v B ([2017] EWHC 3417 (Comm))
      case-law
    • Union Marine Classification Services v Government of the Union of Comoros ([2015] 2 Lloyd's Rep 49)
      case-law
    • Dallah v Ministry of Religious Affairs of Pakistan ([2011] 1 AC 763)
      case-law
    • Fiona Trust & Holding Corporation v Privalov ([2007] UKHL 40)
      case-law
    • AmTrust Europe Ltd v Trust Risk Group SpA ([2015] EWCA Civ 437)
      case-law
    • UBS AG v HSH Nordbank AG ([2009] EWCA Civ 585)
      case-law
    • Fiona Trust and Holding Corp v Privalov ([2007] EWCA Civ 20; [2007] 2 Lloyd's Rep 267)
      case-law
    • Deutsche Bank AG v Asia Pacific Broadband Wireless Communications Inc ([2008] EWCA Civ 1091; [2008] 2 Lloyd's Rep 619)
      case-law
    • Ashville Investments Ltd v Elmer Contractors Ltd ([1989] QB 488)
      case-law
    • Sebastian Holdings v Deutsche Bank ([2011] 1 Lloyd's Rep 106)
      case-law
    • Microsoft v Sony ([2018] All ER (Comm) 419)
      case-law
  3. Date not availableUnited Kingdom

    Date not availableUnited Kingdom

    LCIA Procedural Order

    Decision summary
    The order recorded the parties' agreement that the LCIA arbitration was validly commenced in respect of the relied-on arbitration agreements, subject to the stated exception for the DAP Third Party Agreements, that the tribunal was validly constituted, and that the arbitration would be governed by the LCIA Rules of Arbitration 2014.

    Supporting details

    4 participants
    Dreymoor Fertilisers Overseas PTE Ltd
    Eurochem Trading GmbH
    Institution
    Arbitrator
    Ali Malek QC

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