TRIPLE SEVEN MSN 27251 LTD AND ANOTHER v AZMAN AIR SERVICES LTD

[2018] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 60

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr Peter MacDonald Eggers QC, Sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court

Contract – Mistake – Claimant and defendant concluding lease agreements whereby defendant leased two Boeing 777 aircraft from claimants for five-year period – Aircraft to be used for transporting passengers from West Africa to Saudi Arabia for Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages – Saudi authorities excluding defendant from participation in 2016 Hajj airlift – Defendant refusing to accept delivery of aircraft – Claimants terminating lease agreements and claiming damages – Whether lease agreements void for common mistake.