BHP Petroleum Ltd v British Steel Plc

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtQueen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
Year1999
Date1999

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  • Fujitsu Services Ltd v IBM United Kingdom Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Technology and Construction Court)
    • 21 March 2014
    ...where it was a " special indirect or consequential loss." 74 Reference was also made by both parties to BHP Petroleum Ltd & ors v British Steel Plc [1999] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 583. There the exclusion clause was again materially different to clause 20.7. It provided that there would be no liabili......
  • China Shipbuilding Corporation v Nippon Yusen Kabukishi Kaisha (Saikyo, Seta Maru, Suma)
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 11 January 2000
    ...in the judgment: Andrews Bros (Bournemouth) Ltd v Singer & Co LtdELR [1934] 1 KB 17. BHP Petroleum Ltd v British Steel plcUNK [1999] 2 All ER (Comm) 544. Harland & Wolff Ltd v Lakeport Navigation Co Panama SAUNK [1974] 1 Ll Rep 301. Photo Production Ltd v Securicor Transport LtdELR ......
  • HIH Casualty and General Insurance Ltd v Chase Manhattan Bank
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 31 July 2001
    ... ... ICI Chemicals & Polymers Ltd [1999] 1 Lloyd's Rep 387 at 397/8 and BHP Petroleum Ltd v. British Steel Plc [2000] 2 Lloyd's Rep 277 (a limitation rather than an exclusion ... ...
  • Scottish Power Uk Plc v BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 25 September 2015
    ...as caught by the exclusion. 189 The first and principal authority cited for this proposition is a statement of Rix J in BHP Petroleum Ltd v British Steel plc [1999] 2 All ER (Comm) 544; [1999] 2 Lloyd's Rep 583. In that case a contract for the supply of steel for a gas pipeline contained a ......
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10 books & journal articles
  • Chapter 20: Provisions excluding or limiting liability
    • United Kingdom
    • Taylor and Francis Remedies in Construction Law
    • Invalid date
    ...218. 83 [1949] 2 KB 528 at 536. 84 [2000] BLR 227 at paragraph 50. 85 [2000] BLR 235. 86 See paragraph 13. 87 At paragraph 20. 88 [1999] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 583. [2002] BLR 139 at paragraph [100]. 90 [2016] EWCA Civ 372; [2016] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 51; [2016] BLR 360. 91 At paragraph [15]. For another d......
  • Chapter 11: Exemption of the Seller 1
    • United Kingdom
    • Taylor and Francis Sale of Goods
    • Invalid date
    ...Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation v. ICI Chemicals and Polymers Ltd [1999] 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 387; BHP Petroleum Ltd v. British Steel plc [1999] 2 Lloyd’s Rep. 583 affd in part by CA: [2000] 2 All E.R.(Comm.) 133 (in which Rix J. was critical of the “conceptual difficulty” creat......
  • Chapter 22: Provisions excluding or limiting liability
    • United Kingdom
    • Taylor and Francis Remedies in Construction Law
    • Invalid date
    ...[1949] 2 KB 528 at 536. 99 [2000] BLR 227 at paragraph [50]. 100 [2000] BLR 235. 101 See paragraph [13]. 102 At paragraph [20]. 103 [1999] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 583. [2002] BLR 139 at paragraph [100]. 105 [2016] EWCA Civ 372; [2016] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 51; [2016] BLR 360. 106 At paragraph [15]. For anoth......
  • Table of Cases
    • United Kingdom
    • Taylor and Francis Remedies in Construction Law
    • Invalid date
    ...493 24.41 Bhimji v Chatwani [1991] 1 WLR 989 21.61 BHP Billiton Petroleum Ltd v Dalmine SpA [2003] BLR 271 11.5 BHP Petroleum Ltd v British Steel plc [1999] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 583 20.44 Bibby Factors Northwest Ltd v HFD Ltd [2015] EWCA Civ 1908; [2016] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 517 19.13 BICC Ltd and Cumbri......
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