BP OIL INTERNATIONAL LTD v GLENCORE ENERGY UK LTD

[2022] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 221

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mrs Justice Moulder

Contracts – Sale of goods – Cargo of allegedly contaminated crude oil – Negotiations – Offer – Acceptance – Counter offer – “Subject to” – “Last shot” doctrine – Whether contract concluded for shipment of cargo of crude oil – Terms of contract – Certificates of quality and quantity – Use of other evidence as to quality of cargo – Measure of loss – Sale of Goods Act 1979, section 53.