Mena Energy DMCC v Hascol Petroleum Ltd – QBD (Comm Ct) (Males J) [2017] EWHC 262 (Comm) – 16 February 2017

Sale of goods – Contract for sale of high-sulphur fuel oil – Cargo rejected by discharge port authorities – Whether compromise agreement concluded – Whether seller in breach of contract – Whether buyer in breach for failing to open letter of credit

This case was concerned with two transactions, one for the sale of fuel oil and the other for the sale of gasoil by the claimant (Mena) to the defendant (Hascol), an importer of such products into Pakistan.