Bank
Banco San Juan Internacional, Inc v Petroleos De Venezuela SA
The claimant bank’s application for summary judgment succeeded, in a case concerning sums allegedly due under two credit agreements. The Commercial Court held that, among other things, the two loan agreements had provided no basis for a suspension of the repayment obligations by the terms of the credit agreements. Further, the rule in Ralli Bros v Compania Naviera Sota y Aznar [1920] All ER Rep 427 did not make the agreements unenforceable.
Contract
Tui UK Ltd v Morgan [2020] EWHC 2944 (Ch), [2020] All ER (D) 56 (Nov)
The appellant travel company’s appeal failed, in proceedings where the claimant had suffered injury after falling over in a dimly-lit area on a package holiday sold by the appellant. The Chancery Division held that the judge had not erred in his findings in relation to the contractual standard of skill and care in respect of lighting the area where the accident had occurred. Further, the judge had been entitled to make
