SOTRADE DENIZCILIK SANAYI VE TICARET AS v AMADOU LO AND OTHERS (THE “DUDEN”)

[2009] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 145

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Jonathan Hirst QC, sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court

Carriage of goods by sea - London arbitration clause incorporated into bills of lading - Damage to cargo - Ship arrested in Senegal by cargo owners and insurers - Cargo owners and insurers refusing to accept P&I Club undertaking - Whether cargo owners in breach of arbitration clause - Whether cargo insurers wrongfully induced or conspired with cargo owners to breach arbitration clause - Measure of damages - Identity of carrier - Whether loss sustained by registered owners or bareboat charterers - Whether owners entitled to final anti-suit injunction.