Total Transport Corporation v Arcadia Petroleum Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtQueen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
JudgeRix J.
Judgment Date06 February 1996
Date06 February 1996

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11 cases
  • Total Transport Corporation v Arcadia Petroleum Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 18 November 1997
  • E.n.e. Kos v Petroleo Brasileiro S.a. (petrobas)
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 23 July 2009
    ... ... the application of a contractual indemnity: see Total Transport Corp v Arcadia Petroleum Ltd., (The “Eurus”) ... the House of Lords in China Pacific SA v Food Corporation of India, (The “Winson”) , [1982] AC 939 ... That case ... ...
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    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
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  • The Sivand
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 29 January 1998
    ...see for example McGregor on Damages (16th ed.) paras.2OO et seq. Staughton L.J. considered this matter obiter in The Eurus (Total Transport Corporation v. Arcadia Petroleum Ltd (C.A.) 18 November 1997) where he said:- "It is common to refer to a chain of causation between the wrongful act a......
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  • Indemnities For Breach of Contract - Do They Do What You Think They Do?
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 20 September 2010
    ...may be recoverable. Those limitations were considered in the case of Total Transport Corporation v Arcadia Petroleum Ltd (The Eurus) [1996] 2 Lloyd's Rep 408, the key points a claim for an indemnity requires an unbroken chain of causation between whatever it is that the indemnity sets up as......