Law digests: 11 March 2022

Contract

Provimi France SAS and other companies v Stour Bay Company Ltd [2022] EWHC 218 (Comm), All ER (D) 113 (Feb)

The Commercial Court dismissed the claimant’s claim in a dispute concerning the supply of animal feed. The claimant companies contended that the product supplied to it by the defendant company had been defective and claimed damages for breach of the contracts of sale. The court held that a gelatin specification had not been incorporated into the contracts of sale. However, the defendant’s standard terms and conditions had been properly incorporated into the terms of sale, which had the effect of limiting the ability of the claimants to successfully claim. Those conclusions were determinative of the claim for damages in the proceedings, which had to fail.

Employment

Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers and others v Tesco Stores Ltd [2022] EWHC 201 (QB), All ER (D) 72 (Feb)

The Queen’s Bench Division allowed the claim brought by the claimants, employees and union representatives, against their employer, the defendant. The first