Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly
DAMAGES BY THE PORTFOLIO METHOD
Martin Hogg*
Tullis Russell v. Inveresk
This decision in Tullis Russell Papermakers Ltd v. Inveresk Ltd
1 forms but one judgment in an interrelated set of claims, one aspect of which (on the so-called remedy of “retention”, ie, the justified withholding of performance in response to another contracting party’s breach of contract) has already been the subject of a decision of the Supreme Court.2
* Edinburgh Law School
1. [2010] CSOH 148 (Ct Sn: OH).
2. Inveresk Plc v. Tullis Russell Papermakers Ltd [2010] UKSC 19; 2010 SCLR 396; 2010 SLT 941.
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