Hearings
20 Jan 2011 [2011] EWCA Civ 18; [2011] 2 All ER (Comm) 1161, CA (Sedley, Moore-Bick, Aikens LJJ)
Röhlig (UK) Ltd v Rock Unique Ltd
Subject Matter
CONTRACT — Construction — Forward freight agreements — Contract on British International Freight Association terms — Prohibition against set-off — Time-bar clause — Whether prohibition against set-off prohibiting customer from withholding payment in respect of its claim that it had been overcharged — Whether time-bar clause wide enough to discharge any liability in restitution in respect of any previous overcharging — British International Freight Association Standard Trading Conditions (2005) cll 21(A), 27(B)
[2011] 2 All ER (Comm) 1161
Cases Considered
Cases considered in: Röhlig (UK) Ltd v Rock Unique Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 18; [2011] 2 All ER (Comm) 1161, CA
Granville Oil & Chemicals Ltd v Davies Turner & Co Ltd [2003] EWCA Civ 570; [2003] 1 All ER (Comm) 819; [2003] 2 Lloyd's Rep 356, CA Applied
Cases Cited
Cases cited in: Röhlig (UK) Ltd v Rock Unique Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 18; [2011] 2 All ER (Comm) 1161, CA
Aries Tanker Corpn v Total Transport Ltd (The Aries) [1977] 1 WLR 185; [1977] 1 All ER 398; [1977] 1 Lloyd's Rep 334, HL(E)
George Mitchell (Chesterhall) Ltd v Finney Lock Seeds Ltd [1983] 1 WLR 1, HL(E)
Granville Oil & Chemicals Ltd v Davies Turner & Co Ltd [2003] EWCA Civ 570; [2003] 1 All ER (Comm) 819; [2003] 2 Lloyd's Rep 356, CA
Schenkers Ltd v Overland Shoes Ltd [1998] 1 Lloyd's Rep 498, QBD
Stewart Gill Ltd v Horatio Myer & Co Ltd [1992] QB 600; [1992] 2 WLR 721; [1992] 2 All ER 257, CA
Subsequent Consideration
Cases subsequently considering: Röhlig (UK) Ltd v Rock Unique Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 18; [2011] 2 All ER (Comm) 1161, CA
Distinguished in Readie Construction Ltd v Geo Quarries Ltd [2021] EWHC 3030 (QB); [2022] 1 Lloyd's Rep 155, County Ct
Considered in SKNL (UK) Ltd v Toll Global Forwarding [2012] EWHC 4252 (Comm); [2013] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 115, QBD
Cases citing
Cases citing: Röhlig (UK) Ltd v Rock Unique Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 18; [2011] 2 All ER (Comm) 1161, CA
FG Wilson (Engineering) Ltd v John Holt & Co (Liverpool) Ltd [2012] EWHC 2477 (Comm); [2013] 1 All ER (Comm) 223; [2012] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 479, QBD
FG Wilson (Engineering) Ltd v John Holt & Co (Liverpool) Ltd [2012] EWHC 2477 (Comm), QBD
Feest v South West Strategic Health Authority [2015] EWCA Civ 708; [2016] QB 503; [2016] 2 WLR 649; [2016] 4 All ER 107; [2016] 1 All ER (Comm) 821; [2015] 2 Lloyd's Rep 652; [2015] WLR (D) 306, CA
Globalink Transportation and Logistics Worldwide llp v DHL Project & Chartering Ltd [2019] EWHC 225 (Comm); [2019] Bus LR 2012; [2019] 2 All ER (Comm) 393; [2019] 1 Lloyd's Rep 630; [2019] WLR (D) 111, QBD
Phoenix Interior Designs Ltd v Henley Homes plc [2021] EWHC 1573 (QB), QBD
Readie Construction Ltd v Geo Quarries Ltd [2021] EWHC 3030 (QB); [2022] 1 Lloyd's Rep 155, County Ct
Schenker Ltd v Negocios Europa Ltd [2017] EWHC 2921 (QB); [2018] 1 WLR 718; [2018] 1 Lloyd's Rep 271; [2017] WLR (D) 755, Ch D
Soteria Insurance Limited (formerly CIS General Insurance Limited) v IBM United Kingdom Ltd [2021] EWHC 347 (TCC), QBD
Tornado Wire Ltd v John Good Logistics Ltd [2024] EWHC 212 (KB), KBD