The parties stood to make substantial losses against each other under contracts for differences after the dramatic fall in the freight market in the financial turmoil of late 2008.
Judges:
Flaux J
Citations:
[2009] EWHC 2656 (Comm), [2009] 2 CLC 657, [2010] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 631
Links:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Kleinwort Benson Ltd v Lincoln City Council etc HL 29-Jul-1998
Right of Recovery of Money Paid under Mistake
Kleinwort Benson had made payments to a local authority under swap agreements which were thought to be legally enforceable when made. Subsequently, a decision of the House of Lords, (Hazell v. Hammersmith and Fulham) established that such swap . .
Cited – F L Schuler AG v Wickman Machine Tools Sales Limited HL 4-Apr-1973
The parties entered an agreement to distribute and sell goods in the UK. They disagreed as to the meaning of a term governing the termination of the distributorship.
Held: The court can not take into account the post-contractual conduct or . .
Cited – Woolwich Equitable Building Society v Inland Revenue Commissioners (2) HL 20-Jul-1992
The society had set out to assert that regulations were unlawful in creating a double taxation. It paid money on account of the tax demanded. It won and recovered the sums paid, but the revenue refused to pay any interest accrued on the sums paid. . .
Cited – Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Group Plc v Inland Revenue and Another HL 25-Oct-2006
The tax payer had overpaid Advance Corporation Tax under an error of law. It sought repayment. The revenue contended that the claim was time barred.
Held: The claim was in restitution, and the limitation period began to run from the date when . .
Cited – Barclays Bank v WJ Simms and Cooke (Southern) Ltd QBD 1979
The customer made out a cheque to pay his builder, but countermanded it. The bank paid the cheque when it was presented by mistake, and now sought repayment from the builder.
Held: The bank succeeded. The court discussed the extent of a . .
Cited – Re Taylor’s Industrial Flooring Ltd; Taylor’s Industrial Flooring Ltd v M and H Plant Hire (Manchester) Ltd CA 1990
Dillon LJ said: ‘if a debt is due and an invoice is sent and the debt is not disputed, then the failure of the debtor company to pay the debt is itself evidence of inability to pay’. The fact of solvency was not itself an answer to a petition based . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Transport, Contract
Updated: 22 July 2022; Ref: scu.377328
