CAMILLA COTTON OIL CO. v. GRANADEX S.A. AND TRACOMIN S.A. SHAWNEE PROCESSORS INC. v. SAME

[1976] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 10

HOUSE OF LORDS

Before Lord Wilberforce, Viscount Dilhorne, Lord Salmon, Lord Edmund-Davies and Lord Russell of Killowen

Arbitration-Stay-Dispute concerning contract for sale of peanuts referred by buyers to arbitration-Proceedings brought by sellers in English Court-Whether action should be stayed - Federation of Oil, Seeds and Fats Association Ltd. form no. 20-Arbitration Act, 1950, ss. 4, 24 (2). Practice - Procedure - Declaration - Application by sellers for declaration that they were not liable under contract for sale of peanuts - Whether declaration should be granted.