CL-2021-000341 - [2025] EWHC 1684 (Comm)

Fecha: 04-Jul-2025

INTRODUCTION

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INTRODUCTION

The Claimant applies for summary judgment in respect of sums claimed to be due to it as sellers pursuant to a contract dated 17 January 2020 between the Claimant and the Defendant (“the Contract”) for the sale of gasoline.

The Contract is subject to English law and jurisdiction (see clause 17).

The Claimant’s application is for:

permission to seek summary judgment against the Defendant pursuant to CPR 24.4(1)(i), on the basis that the Claimant should have the opportunity to apply for judgment on the merits so as to ensure that the judgment is more readily enforceable in jurisdictions where the Defendant’s assets may be located; and

ii)

summary judgment against the Defendant under CPR 24.2, on the grounds that the Defendant has no real prospect of successfully defending the Claimant’s claims and there is no other compelling reason for the claims to be determined at trial.

On 2 May 2025, I heard and granted this application and indicated that written reasons would follow. For the reasons set out below, I concluded that the Claimant’s claims succeeded in full and gave summary judgment accordingly.