The Business Law Reports
[2008] Bus LR 858
Court of Appeal
Sumukan Ltd
v
Commonwealth Secretariat (No 2)
[2007] EWCA Civ 1148
2007 Oct 10;
Nov 11
Sir Anthony Clarke MR, Waller and Sedley LJJ
Arbitration— Arbitrator— Jurisdiction— Dispute between parties referred to tribunal established under defendant’s rules— Whether president of tribunal validly appointed— Whether tribunal lacking substantive jurisdiction— Whether failure to raise objections before tribunal precluding their being raised before court—
Arbitration Act 1996 (c 23), ss 67, 73