BACARDI-MARTINI BEVERAGES LTD. v. THOMAS HARDY PACKAGING LTD. AND OTHERS

[2002] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 62

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Tomlinson

Contract - Damages - Limitation of liability - Liability in tort - Direct physical damage - Claimant supplied concentrate and defendant supplied other ingredients and CO2 to make alcoholic carbonated beverage - CO2 inadvertently contaminated with benzene - Whether end product suffered direct physical damage from CO2 contamination - Whether limitation of liability clause could be relied on - Whether liability in tort - Whether Civil Liability (Contribution) Act, 1978 applicable.