ADM INDUSTRIES CENTERS LTD (TRADING AS ADM ISRAEL) V INERCO TRADE SA

[2026] EWHC 1873 (Comm), Commercial Court (KBD), Paul Stanley KC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge), 23 July 2026

Contracts (sale) – Force majeure – Ships subject to inspection before entering load port – Inspection hiatus – Extension of shipment period – Seller invoking force majeure – GAFTA 48, clause 10 (Extension of shipment) and clause 20 (Prevention of shipment)

The defendant sellers and the claimant buyers had on 10 February 2023 entered into an agreement for the sale of corn from Ukraine CIF FO Ashdod/Israel.