INDIRECT AND CONSEQUENTIAL LOSSES AGAIN

Hotel Services Ltd v Hilton International Hotels (UK) Ltd [2000] BLR 235

In Hotel Services Ltd v Hilton International Hotels (UK) Ltd [2000] BLR 235 the Court of Appeal once again had to consider the meaning of the words ‘indirect or consequential loss’ in an exclusion clause. On the facts of the case, the court concluded that the cost of replacing the defective units supplied by the defendants and the loss of profit which the claimants had suffered were not ‘indirect or consequential’ losses with the result that liability for these losses had not been excluded by the terms of the exclusion clause.