Signed and stamped, but who is actually bound? Considerations for contractual parties granting agency authority.
In White Rock Corporation Ltd v Middle Volga Shipping Company and others [2025]1, the English High Court (the “Court”) found that there was no “good arguable case” that Middle Volga Shipping Company (“Middle Volga”), a Russian company, was party to a time charter with White Rock Corporation Ltd (“White Rock”), and therefore not bound by its jurisdiction clause.
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1 White Rock Corporation Ltd v Middle Volga Shipping Company and North Global [2025] EWHC 2089 (Comm)
