Commercial Court upholds arbitrators’ dismissal of claim after prejudicial delay (Grindrod Shipping PTE Ltd v Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. Ltd (The K-AMBER))

Table of contents

• What are the practical implications of the judgment?
• What was the background?
• What did the court decide?

Article summary

Arbitration analysis: Henry Dunlop, partner at HFW, examines a Commercial Court decision to reject the claimant’s challenge to an arbitration award in which its claims were dismissed because its inordinate and inexcusable delay had caused serious prejudice to the defendant.