ED & F Man Sugar Ltd. v. Belmont Shipping Ltd. (The “Amplify”) – QBD (Comm. Ct.), 18 Nov 2011

SUGAR CHARTER PARTY 1999 -- INVALID NOTICE OF READINESS -- DEMURRAGE -- ALLEGED SERIOUS IRREGULARITY BY ARBITRATORS -- Owner Award In ruling for Charterer in an arbitration on documents alone, the Panel noted that as Charterer had not introduced the case of "The Happy Day", the inclusion of which may have further reduced Charterer's demurrage obligation, the Panel need not consider it. Charterer subsequently appealed to the High Court on the basis that the arbitrators, knowing Charterer had made a concession, had a duty to alert Charterer and failing to do so it constituted a serious irregularity.