Orexim Trading Ltd v Mahavir Port and Terminal Private Ltd (The “Bon Vent”) (No 2) – QBD (Comm Ct) (Christopher Hancock QC sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) [2019] EWHC 2299 (Comm) – 28 August 2019

Practice – Striking out of statement of case – Application by claimant to strike out defence for failure to comply with directions order – Whether defence should be struck out – CPR 3.4(2)(c)

Disputes arose following an agreement made on 5 December 2013 for the sale of Ukrainian sunflower seed oil by the claimant (Orexim) to a buyer (Atlantis), pursuant to which Orexim chartered the vessel Bon Vent from the defendant (MPT) on 19 December 2013.