Vitol S.A. v Norelf Ltd (Santa Clara)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeNourse,Kennedy,Hirst L JJ.
Judgment Date26 May 1995
Date26 May 1995
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
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22 cases
  • Alan Ramsay Sales & Marketing Ltd v Typhoo Tea Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 8 March 2016
    ...failure to perform will be sufficiently unequivocal to constitute acceptance of a repudiation: see Chitty at [24–013] again; Vitol S.A. v Norelf [1996] AC 800 at 811 per Lord Steyn. (3) If the innocent party who is entitled to treat himself as discharged from the contract by the other part......
  • Husbands and Another v Caesar and Others
    • Guyana
    • Court of Appeal (Guyana)
    • Invalid date
  • South Caribbean Trading Ltd v Trafigura Beheer BV
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 22 November 2004
    ...23 March could only be an acceptance of any repudiation by Trafigura if it unequivocally treated contract 5536 as terminated. 129 In Vitol SA v. Norelf Ltd [1996] AC 800, it was confirmed by the House of Lords, in agreement with the judgment of Phillips J. at first instance that, although i......
  • Linnett v Halliwells LLP [QBD (TCC)]
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Technology and Construction Court)
    • 24 February 2009
    ...Marine Transport Ltd v. Vale de Rio Doce Navegacao SA (“The Leonidas D”) [1985] 1 WLR 925 at 927, 937 and the House of Lords in Vitol SA v. Norelf Ltd [1996] AC 800 at 812 is that acceptance of an offer cannot be inferred from silence, except in exceptional circumstances. In my judgment, th......
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