A&N Seaways and Projects PVT Ltd v Allianz BulkCarriers DMCC [2025] EWHC 2126 (Comm) (13 August 2025)

A&N Seaways challenged an arbitration award which upheld Owners’ withdrawal of the MV Bharadwaj for non-payment of hire, despite Charterers’ “interim response” alleging the C/P was procured by fraud. The Court dismissed Charterers’ argument that the C/P was a nullity and that no valid arbitration agreement existed, refusing late attempts to plead fraud as out of time and inadequately particularised, and holding the claim had no real prospect of success.

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