10 Jun 2020
PERTAMA FERROALLOYS SDN BHD (Company No.: 924100-P) SAC TEC (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD (Company No.: 1016458-U)
- Citation
- WA-24NCC(ARB)-2-01/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- ARB
- Case number
- WA-24NCC(ARB)-2-01/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court held Clause 18 together with Clause 24 of the Carbon Casing Contract plainly conferred on the Carbon Casing arbitral tribunal jurisdiction to admit and determine Pertama’s defence of set-off and counterclaim based on claims in the Other Contracts; a contractual set-off clause that expressly permits set-off against liabilities under other contracts centralises those disputes in the tribunal chosen, but 'liability' in Clause 18 requires a legal obligation (not mere unilateral assertion of sums). The arbitrator’s narrower Jurisdiction Award was set aside and the preliminary objection dismi…