MITSUI OSK LINES LTD v SALGAOCAR MINING INDUSTRIES PVT LTD (THE “UNTA”)

[2015] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 518

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr Justice Eder

Charterparty (Time) – Guarantee – Owners claiming damages against guarantor following repudiatory breach by charterers – Whether guarantee enforceable – Whether brokers had authority to conclude guarantee – Whether guarantee in writing – Whether guarantee signed by guarantor – Whether guarantor in breach – Quantum of damages – Statute of Frauds 1677, section 4.