SHV Gas Supply & Trading SAS v Naftomar Shipping & Trading Co Ltd Inc (The “Azur Gaz”) - QBD (Com Ct) (Christopher Clarke J) - 15 November 2005

Sale of goods cif - Sale contract containing “Laycan ”period - Loading of goods delayed by reason of bad weather at loadport - Buyers cancelling contract - Whether cancellation justified - Whether “Laycan ”period to be construed as shipment period - Whether sellers in breach of implied term that goods would be shipped within reasonable time - Whether discharge port ETAs given on reasonable grounds

(2005) 680 LMLN 1