The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens Of The City Of London v Reeve and Company Ltd, G Lawrence Wholesale Meat Company Ltd, Citigen (London) Ltd: TCC 25 Feb 2000

CS CPR 24.2(a)(i) – Summary judgment against Part 20 Claimant – Whether no real prospect of success Indemnity – Indemnity against loss etc suffered by reason of indemnifier’s breach of contract – Date of accrual of cause of action – Breaches giving rise to claims by third parties – Whether cause of action accrues when liability to third parties arises or is satisfied Construction of documents – Settlement agreement – Recital of agreement to ‘resolve all outstanding matters’ – Waiver of ‘all claims or causes of action . . [arising] prior to the date of this Agreement’ – Whether claims under indemnity included if cause of action had not accrued.

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Unreported, 25 Feb 2000

Civil Procedure Rules

Updated: 11 April 2022; Ref: scu.135967