Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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E.E. CALEDONIA LTD. (formerly OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM (CALEDONIA) LTD.) v. ORBIT VALVE CO. EUROPE

[1993] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 418

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Hobhouse

Contract - Construction - Indemnity clause - Contract to overhaul gas valves on Piper Alpha platform - Disastrous fire on platform - Service engineer died - Whether plaintiffs’ right to indemnity included consequences of plaintiffs’ negligence - Whether indemnity covered breach of statutory duty - Whether engineer’s death caused by performance of contract.

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