BOREALIS AB v GEOGAS TRADING SA
[2011] Lloyd's Rep Plus 34
QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)
Before Lord Justice Gross
Sale of goods - Damages - Causation - Sale of butane to be used as feedstock in buyer's olefin plant - Butane contaminated with fluorides producing harmful acids - Acids causing physical damage to buyer's plant - Seller contending that loss and damage would have been avoided had buyer responded appropriately to acid alarm at plant - Whether chain of causation broken - Relevant principles.