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AIC LTD v ITS TESTING SERVICES (UK) LTD

[2006] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 1

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr Justice Cresswell

Contract - Sale of gasoline providing for independent inspection - Buyer entering into sub-sale with similar provision - Inspection company providing certificate stating “Fuel meets specification” - Doubts raised as to correctness of certificate - Inspection company standing by certificate - Buyer insisting that sub-buyer take delivery - Swiss courts subsequently holding certificate not correct - Whether inspection company in breach of contract and/or in breach of duty to buyer - Whether inspection company liable to buyer in deceit - Whether claims time-barred under Limitation Act 1980 - Whether inspection company deliberately concealed facts relevant to buyer’s right of action - Limitation Act 1980, section 32.

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