LOU中的仲裁条款与提单下仲裁条款的适用性
在2020年12月1日判决的Lavender船舶管理公司诉Ibrahima Sory Affretement Trading SA(Lavender Shipmanagement Inc v Ibrahima Sory Affretement Trading SA and Others (The “Majesty”) – [2020] EWHC 3462 (Comm)）一案中，明确了保赔协会出具的担保函（LOU）中的仲裁条款能够：1.将五份提单项下的货物索赔合并为单一请求；2.因担保函下担保的所有货物索赔金额，使其仲裁条款效力优先于五份提单中单独的小额仲裁条款；3.根据担保函措辞，担保函效力及于所有与货物索赔相关的利益方。
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LOU中的仲裁条款与提单下仲裁条款的适用性
In the important case of Lavender Shipmanagement Inc v Ibrahima Sory Affretement Trading SA and Others (The “Majesty”) – QBD (Comm Ct) (Calver J) [2020] EWHC 3462 (Comm) – 16 December 2020, it was made clear that arbitration clause in Letter of Undertaking (“LOU”) provided by P and I Club can: (i) consolidate cargo claim from all 5 bill of lading, (ii) its arbitration clause can override individual arbitration clauses in those 5 bills, and (iii) LOU is addressed to all parties that are interested in the cargo claim pursuant to the wording to the LOU.
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