PROTON ENERGY GROUP SA V PUBLIC COMPANY ORLEN LIETUVA

[2013] EWHC 334 (Comm), Queen's Bench Division, Commercial Court, Mr Gavin Kealey QC sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge, 25 February 2013

Sale of goods - Contract formation - Whether the parties' communications amounted to a contract having been made for a sale of crude oil - Recap - Subsequent conduct - Role and admissibility of expert evidence in an application for summary judgment

The parties had been in negotiations to conclude a contract of sale for some crude oil by the claimant oil trader to the defendant refinery. The issue upon which the claimant sought summary judgment was whether a contract of sale had come into existence.