DREYMOOR FERTILISERS OVERSEAS PTE LTD v EUROCHEM TRADING GMBH

[2018] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 56

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr Justice Butcher

Arbitration – Jurisdiction – Claimant appointing defendant as agent for sales of fertiliser products in India – Agency governed by umbrella agreements – Individual product sales made under separate contracts involving defendant and containing arbitration clauses – Claimant alleging that defendant bribed former employees – Whether arbitration clauses applicable to dispute – Whether arbitration tribunals had jurisdiction – Arbitration Act 1996, sections 67 and 32.