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The English High Court considers hire anti-deduction clauses

In Fastfreight Pte Ltd v Bulk Trident Shipping Ltd (The Anna Dorothea) [2023] EWHC 105 (Comm) the Commercial Court considered an appeal under section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 of a partial final award in which the Tribunal awarded Owners’ claim for unpaid hire under a time charter.