Indemnity and Limitation of Liability Clauses

Notes

1 See h­t­t­p­:­/­/­y­o­s­e­m­i­t­e­.e­p­a­.g­o­v­/­o­p­a­/­a­d­m­p­r­e­s­s­.n­s­f­/­9­c­e­e­7­8­9­b­9­a­c­d­6­4­1­6­8­5­2­5­7­7­2­0­0­0­5­9­5­1­b­7­/­e­a­4­c­5­d­a­f­4­e­8­6­4­d­6­9­8­5­2­5­7­a­e­8­0­0­6­2­d­9­a­b­!­O­p­e­n­D­o­c­u­m­e­n­t­ (last accessed 5 February 2016).

2 See h­t­t­p­:­/­/­w­w­w­.h­a­l­l­i­b­u­r­t­o­n­.c­o­m­/­p­u­b­l­i­c­/­n­e­w­s­/­p­u­b­s­d­a­t­a­/­p­r­e­s­s­_­r­e­l­e­a­s­e­/­2­0­1­4­/­c­o­r­p­n­e­w­s­_­0­9­0­2­1­4­.h­t­m­l­ (last accessed 5 February 2016).

3 See h­t­t­p­:­/­/­w­w­w­.b­p­.c­o­m­/­e­n­/­g­l­o­b­a­l­/­c­o­r­p­o­r­a­t­e­/­p­r­e­s­s­/­p­r­e­s­s­-­r­e­l­e­a­s­e­s­/­b­p­-­t­o­-­s­e­t­t­l­e­-­f­e­d­e­r­a­l­-­s­t­a­t­e­-­l­o­c­a­l­-­d­e­e­p­w­a­t­e­r­-­h­o­r­i­z­o­n­-­c­l­a­i­m­s­.h­t­m­l­ (last accessed 5 February 2016).

4 [1980] AC 827 at 851, [1980] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 545 at 554.

5 [2010] EWCA Civ 691, [2011] 1 All ER (Comm) 1077.

6 [1984] 1 WLR 48, [1984] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 123.

7 [1984] 1 WLR 48 at 54, [1984] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 123 at 127.

8 [1985] AC 191 at 201, [1984] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 235 at 238.

9 [1997] AC 749 at 771, [1997] 3 All ER at 372.

10 [2004] UKHL 54 at para 19, [2005] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 461 at 465–66.

11 ibid.

12 [2008] EWHC 3034 (Admlty), [2009] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 177 at 193.

13 It will be of little surprise that the Contractor that deliberately sets fire to the Company’s facility would not be entitled to an indemnity.

14 [1967] 1 AC 361 at 431–432, [1996] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 529 at 562.

15 [1975] QB 303, [1914] 1 All ER 1050.

16 [1995] 1 All ER 114, [1994] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 239.

17 [2009] EWHC 540 (Comm), [2009] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 1.

18 See LOGIC Edition 2 (October 2003).

19 [1952] 1 All ER 305, [1952] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 1.

20 See Seadrill v Gazprom (n 5) and the Seadrill v Gazprom case study at paras 11.23 to 11.26 above.

21 As to the significance of ‘more egregious’ conduct, see para 11.36 above.

22 [1997] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 547.

23 ibid at 548.

24 [1905] 2 KB 532 at 535–36.

25 [1901] 2 IE 13,as quoted in Forder (n 24) at 535–36.

26 See Forder (n 24) 536.

27 [1996] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 212 at 214, quoting Barry J in Horobin’s Case [1952] 2 Lloyd’s Rep at 460.

28 [1997] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 369 at 374.

29 [2007] EWCA Civ 405, [2007] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 504 at 506.

30 [2010] EWHC 3216 (TCC) at para 206, [2010] All ER (D) 231 (Dec).

31 [1921] All ER 249 at 254, (1921) 8 Ll. L Rep 309 at 312.

32 For further information see Raoul Colinvaux, Robert Merkin, Colinvaux’s Law of Insurance (ed P Judith, 10th edn, Sweet & Maxwell 2014).

33 De Beers (n 30) para 206.

34 [2009] EWHC 844 (Ch).

35 ibid para 36.

36 [2011] EWHC 1574 (Comm), [2011] All ER (D) 162 (Jun).

37 ibid at paras 297 and 301, quoting Lord Wilberforce in Photo Production (n 4) at 842.

38 See Astrazeneca (n 36) para 313.

39 The A Turtle (n 12).

40 The Cap Palos (n 31).

41 [1921] All ER 249 at 253, (1921)8 Ll L Rep 309 at 311.

42 [1921] All ER 249 at 253, [1921] 8 Ll L Rep 309 at 311 and 312.