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Petrol Stations Fuel Mix Up - Contamination

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  • rs65
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    vaio wrote: »
    I got it too but isn't it negligence/duty of care rather than contract law?

    I think it was negligence because she had no contract with the retailer. (a long time since I had to think about that)
  • Sally_A
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    vaio wrote: »
    I got it too but isn't it negligence/duty of care rather than contract law?

    Quaffing a ginger beer here;), and agree it is negligence.

    Another spanner in the works, if the fuel delivery company was a small independent, they could have had their tanker filled incorrectly by a large refinery.
  • rs65
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    The contract is still with the retailer. Maybe the distributor/refinery can offer to deal with it as you could pursue a negligence claim against them but I thought it would be easier just to pursue a contract claim against the retailer?
  • vaio
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    rs65 wrote: »
    The contract is still with the retailer. Maybe the distributor/refinery can offer to deal with it as you could pursue a negligence claim against them but I thought it would be easier just to pursue a contract claim against the retailer?

    yep, my thoughts too
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