The Law Reports (Queen's Bench Division)
[1995] QB 137
[COURT OF APPEAL]
BEOCO LTD. v. ALFA LAVAL CO. LTD. AND ANOTHER
1993 Dec. 1,
2,
3;
21
Balcombe, Stuart-Smith and Peter Gibson L.JJ.
Damages
— Contract
— Breach of warranty
— Defendant supplying defective heat exchanger to plaintiff
— Heat exchanger imperfectly repaired
— Plaintiff failing to test it properly after repair
— Heat exchanger destroyed by explosion
— Plaintiff's claim for loss of profit resulting from explosion and/or loss which would have arisen from repair but for explosion
— Whether defendant liable
Practice
— Pleadings
— Amendment
— Claim for breach of warranty
— Amendment at trial of action to add alternative claim
— Whether leave to amend properly granted