Delta Petroleum (Caribbean) Ltd v British Virgin Islands Electricity Corporation: PC 12 Oct 2020

(From the Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands)) Whether a party with a right to claim relief from further performance of its obligations under a contract had in law to make an election between exercising the right and continuing to perform the contract such that, if the latter choice was made, the right to claim ‘performance relief’ was lost.

Judges:

Lord Kerr, Lord Briggs, Lord Sales, Lord Hamblen, Lord Leggatt

Citations:

[2020] UKPC 23

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Contract

Updated: 12 September 2022; Ref: scu.659454