[2025] EWHC 2089 (Comm)

So, the question I must decide is whether the Charterers have established a good arguable case that they had contracted with Middle Volga by the terms of the Charterparty, by which Middle Volga was bound by the English jurisdiction agreement.

If the answer is “yes”, the Charterers will have established the Court’s jurisdiction pursuant to CPR rule 6.33(2B)(b) and (c).

If the answer is “no”, Middle Volga will succeed in its application challenging the Court’s jurisdiction.