SM Pigs Limited and Karro Food Group Limited
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Judge | Humphreys J |
| Neutral Citation | [2022] NIQB 51 |
| Court | Queen's Bench Division (Northern Ireland) |
| Date | 30 June 2022 |
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Neutral Citation No: [2022] NIQB 51
Judgment: approved by the court for handing down
(subject to editorial corrections)*
Ref: HUM11892
Delivered: 30/06/2022
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND
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QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION
(COMMERCIAL LIST)
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Between:
SM PIGS LIMITED
Plaintiff
and
KARRO FOOD GROUP LIMITED
Defendant
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Keith Gibson (instructed by Mills Selig) for the Plaintiff
Alistair Fletcher (instructed by Tughans) for the Defendant
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HUMPHREYS J
Introduction
[1] The plaintiff is a limited company which raises and produces pigs from
premises at Sion Mills in Co Tyrone. The defendant is a Yorkshire-based food
production company which processes and supplies pork products to retailers.
[2] On 11 December 2020 the parties entered into a Production and Cost Sharing
Agreement (‘the Agreement’) whereby the plaintiff agreed to supply pigs to the
defendant on a solus basis in consideration of which the defendant would pay for
the cost of rearing and producing the pigs.
[3] In November 2021 the plaintiff issued proceedings seeking payment for
outstanding invoices in relation to the cost of pig production. The defendant
counterclaimed in respect of alleged overpayments, being the cost of the production
of pigs which were not ultimately delivered to it.
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