Fyffes Group Ltd v Reefer Express Lines Pty. Ltd (Kriti R)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtQueen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
Date1996
Year1996

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    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 11 May 1998
  • Glencore Energy UK Ltd v Cirrus Oil Services Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 25 July 2013
    ...as a matter of law because he cited with approval (para 112) the judgment of Moore-Bick J in Fyffes Group Ltd v Reefer Express Lines Ltd (The Kriti Rex) [1996] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 171 in which that learned judge had said (page 196, lhc) with reference to force majeure clauses:— "In general I thi......
  • Alize 1954 and CMA CGM SA v Allianz Elementar Versicherungs AG and 16 Ors
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    • Supreme Court
    • 10 November 2021
    ...Schiffahrtsgesellschaft GmbH v Tossa Marine Co Ltd (The Derby) [1985] 2 Lloyd's Rep 325, 332; Fyffes Group Ltd v Reefer Express Lines Ltd (The Kriti Rex) [1996] 2 Lloyd's Rep 171, 184; Eridania SpA v Rudolf A Oetker (The Fjord Wind) [2000] 2 All ER (Comm) 108; [2000] 2 Lloyd's Rep 191, para......
  • RDC Concrete Pte Ltd v Sato Kogyo (S) Pte Ltd and another appeal
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    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 29 August 2007
    ...2 MLJ 196 (refd) Jet Holding Ltd v Cooper Cameron (Singapore) Pte Ltd [2006] 3 SLR (R) 769; [2006] 3 SLR 769 (refd) Kriti Rex, The [1996] 2 Lloyd's Rep 171 (refd) Magenta Resources (S) Pte Ltd v China Resources (S) Pte Ltd [1996] 2 SLR (R) 316; [1996] 3 SLR 62 (refd) Metropolitan Water Boar......
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  • Force Majeure Clauses: Their Role In Sale Contracts
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    • 9 August 2011
    ...unless it is clear from the words that that is the intention of the parties. An example of both these issues arose in the Kriti Rex [1996] 2 Lloyds Rep 171. The FM clause in that case was in an FOB contract for the sale of bananas and was worded to apply to "....shipwreck...and any other ev......