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Laker Airways Inc v FLS Aerospace Ltd: ComC 20 Apr 1999

The court was asked: ‘whether a barrister who has been appointed an arbitrator by one party to the arbitration should be removed by the court on the ground that another barrister from the same chambers has been instructed in the arbitration by the appointing party’. The arbitrator had offered to recuse himself if both parties … Continue reading Laker Airways Inc v FLS Aerospace Ltd: ComC 20 Apr 1999

Laker Airways Inc v FLS Aerospace Ltd and Another: ComC 21 May 1999

A barrister, appointed to act in an arbitration, was not to be prevented from acting, because another barrister in the same set acted for one of the parties. The conditions for removal of an arbitrator was as to the objective presence of bias. Judges: Rix J Citations: Times 21-May-1999, [2000] 1 WLR 113, [1999] 2 … Continue reading Laker Airways Inc v FLS Aerospace Ltd and Another: ComC 21 May 1999

Sierra Fishing Company and Others v Farran and Others: ComC 30 Jan 2015

Application by the Claimants for the removal of the Third Defendant as an arbitrator pursuant to s.24(1)(a) of the 1996 Act, on the grounds that circumstances exist that give rise to justifiable doubts as to his impartiality. The Defendants dispute the existence of such circumstances, and contend in the alternative that the Claimants have lost … Continue reading Sierra Fishing Company and Others v Farran and Others: ComC 30 Jan 2015