Sale of goods (fob) – Delivery – Buyers claiming to have given notices of 21-day extension of delivery period – Whether notices valid to extend delivery period – GAFTA 120, clause 7.

Arbitration – Jurisdiction – Serious irregularity – Salvage arbitrator making salvage award against cargo owners – Cargo owners contending they had not authorised representatives to act for them in the arbitration – Whether arbitrator retained jurisdiction to remedy breach of natural justice – Whether innocent failure by arbitrator to give cargo owners opportunity of putting their case constituted serious irregularity – Arbitration Act 1996, sections 32 and 68.

Carriage by sea - Title to sue - Shipowners delivering cargo without production of original bill of lading - Bill of lading endorsed to plaintiff bank - Proper law of contract of carriage - Whether incorporation into bill of lading of "all conditions" of charterparty operated to incorporate English law clause - Whether shipowners in breach of contract - Whether endorsement valid - Whether plaintiff lawful holder of bill of lading - Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992, sections 2 and 5.

Collision action – Passenger catamaran colliding with Westminster Bridge in River Thames – Whether owner of bridge liable

Arbitration – Award – Failure by arbitrators to disclose that they were acting as arbitrators in concurrent similar arbitration – Whether award should be vacated for “evident partiality”

Arbitration – Award – Reasons – Whether party entitled to order that tribunal should state reasons for its award – Arbitration Act 1996 section 70(4)

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