“… Elizabeth Gloster as sole arbitrator in the arbitration between the Club and France after a hearing of which France had notice but at which it did not appear ([2020] EWHC 378 (Comm)). We were told that France has participated in the arbitration, where it has challenged the arbitrator’s jurisdiction, that a hearing took place in July 2021, …”
“…urd hair-splitting, as Mr Justice Foxton said at [24] of his judgment on the application to appoint an arbitrator to hear the Arbitration Claim against France ([2020] EWHC 378 (Comm)). The reasoning of the Court in The Prestige (No. 2) would apply with equal force had the Club included a claim for coercive relief in their reference to Mr Sc…”