Arbitral Digest

Matter

Government of the Virgin Islands v Global Water Associates Limited

  1. 13 February 2018British Virgin Islands

    13 February 2018British Virgin Islands

    Decision of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, Court of Appeal in the case BVIHCMAP2016/0007 dated 13 February 2018

    Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, Court of Appeal

    Case no.
    BVIHCMAP2016/0007
    Decision summary
    The Court of Appeal allowed the Government of the Virgin Islands' appeal, restored the arbitrators' award, and ordered Global Water Associates Limited to pay the Government's costs in the appeal and the court below. It held that the arbitrators correctly refused to imply into the Management Agreement a term requiring the Government to provide the prepared site required by the Design Build Agreement, and correctly treated the claimed Management Agreement profits as too remote to recover for breach of the Design Build Agreement.

    Supporting details

    32 authorities · 8 participants
    Attorney General of the Virgin Islands
    Representative
    Giselle Jackman-Lumy (For: Attorney General of the Virgin Islands)
    Representative
    Maya Barry (For: Attorney General of the Virgin Islands)
    Global Water Associates Limited
    Representative
    Benjamin Strong, QC (For: Global Water Associates Limited)
    Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, Court of Appeal

    Authorities cited

    32
    • Arbitration Ordinance No. 7 of 1976 of the British Virgin Islands (Arbitration Ordinance No. 7 of 1976)
      statute
    • English Arbitration Act
      statute
    • Monarch Steamship Co Limited v Karlsamms Olje – Fabriker ([1949] AC 196)
      case-law
    • Mehmet Dogan Bey v GG Abdenid Co. Ltd. ([1951] 2 All ER 162)
      case-law
    • Stirling v Maitland ((1864) 5 B&S 840)
      case-law
    • Mackay v Dick ((1881) 6 App Cas 251)
      case-law
    • Southern Foundaries (1926) Ltd v Shirlaw ([1940] AC 701)
      case-law
    • Secured Income Real Estate (Australia) Ltd v St. Martins Investments Pty Ltd ((1979) 144 CLR 596)
      case-law
    • Socimer International Bank Ltd v Standard Bank London Ltd ([2008] Bus LR 1304)
      case-law
    • CTI v Transclear ([2007] EWHC 2340 (Comm))
      case-law
    • The “Mahakam”
      case-law
    • Hodgkinson v Ferrie
      case-law
    • Ali v Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago ([2017] ICR 531)
      case-law
    • Marks and Spencer Plc v BNP Paribas Securities Services Trust Co. (Jersey) Ltd ([2016] AC 742)
      case-law
    • BP Refinery (Westernport) Pty v President, Councillors and Ratepayers of the Shire of Hastings ((1977) 52 ALJR 20)
      case-law
    • Phillips Electronique Grand Public SA v British Sky Broadcasting Ltd ([1995] EMLR 472)
      case-law
    • CEL Group Limited v Nedlloyd UK Ltd ([2014] 1 Lloyd’s Law Reports 381)
      case-law
    • Braganza v BP Shipping ([2015] 1 WLR 1661)
      case-law
    • Hadley v Baxendale ((1854) 9 Exch 341)
      case-law
    • Koufos v C. Czarnikow Ltd. ([1969] 1 AC 350)
      case-law
    • Transfield Shipping Inc. v Mercator Shipping Inc. ([2009] 1 AC 61)
      case-law
    • John Grimes Partnership Limited v Gubbins Partnership Limited ([2013] EWCA Civ 37)
      case-law
    • Victoria Laundry (Windsor) Limited v Newman Industries Limited ([1949] 2 KB 524)
      case-law
    • Racecourse Betting Control Board v Secretary of State for Air ([1944] 1 All ER 60)
      case-law
    • Rees v Waters ((1847) 16 M&W 263, 269-270)
      case-law
    • Cottonex Anstalt v Patriot Spinning Mills Limited ([2014] 1 Lloyd’s L.R. 615)
      case-law
    • Attorney General of Belize v Belize Telecom Limited ([2009] 1 WLR 1985)
      case-law
    • Champsey Bhara & Co. v Jivraj Balloo Spinning and Weaving Co. ([1923] AC 480)
      case-law
    • Hawksworth v Brammall ((1980) 5 My & Cr. 281)
      case-law
    • Chitty on Contracts, 32nd ed.
      academic
    • Russell on Arbitration, 19th ed.
      academic
    • Halsbury’s Laws of England, 3rd ed.
      academic
  2. Date not availableArbitration

    Date not availableArbitration

    Arbitrators’ Award

    Decision summary
    The arbitrators rejected Global Water Associates Limited's claims that the Management Agreement contained an implied term requiring the Government to provide a prepared site and that lost Management Agreement profits were recoverable for breach of the Design Build Agreement.

    Supporting details

    4 participants
    Government of the Virgin Islands
    Global Water Associates Limited
    Institution
  3. Date not availableBritish Virgin Islands

    Date not availableBritish Virgin Islands

    High Court judgment on appeal from arbitral award

    High Court

    Decision summary
    The High Court set aside the arbitration award and remitted the case to the arbitrators to assess damages.

    Supporting details

    1 participant
    High Court
    Judge
    Leon J

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