GALTRADE LTD v BP OIL INTERNATIONAL LTD (THE “PIONEER”)

[2021] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 117

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr Adrian Beltrami QC, sitting as a Judge of the High Court

Sale of goods (fob) – Fuel oil – Seller in breach of quality obligation in contract – Buyer purporting to reject cargo – Seller treating buyer’s rejection as repudiatory breach – Whether relevant obligation was condition or intermediate term – Whether buyer entitled to reject cargo – Whether buyer entitled to claim for wasted expenditure – Whether buyer in breach of contract – Quantum of seller’s loss – Sale of Goods Act 1979, sections 50 and 53.