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King Crude Carriers SA and ors v Ridgebury November LLC and ors [2024] EWCA Civ 719

The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal by the sellers under three vessel sale contracts, holding that an obligor cannot rely on the non-fulfilment of a condition precedent to its debt obligation where the cause of the non-fulfilment is the obligor's own breach of contract.

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