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Lord President Lord Sutherland Lord Coulsfield Lord Gill |
0/1261/5/1990
OPINIONS
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RECLAIMING MOTIONS
in the causes
CALEDONIA NORTH SEA LIMITED Pursuers and Reclaimers;
against
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LONDON BRIDGE ENGINEERING LIMITED; |
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PICKUP NO. 7 LIMITED (formerly NORTHERN INDUSTRIAL & MARINE SERVICES COMPANY LIMITED); |
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BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS plc; |
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WOOD GROUP ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS LIMITED; |
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NORTON (NO. 2) LIMITED (In liquidation)(formerly EASTMAN CHRISTENSEN LIMITED) and DAVID JOHN PALLEN, Chartered Accountant, the Liquidator thereof; |
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KELVIN INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED (formerly KELVIN CATERING LIMITED); and |
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COFLEXIP STENA OFFSHORE LIMITED (formerly STENA OFFSHORE LIMITED) Defenders and Respondents:
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The Opinions of the Inner House in Caledonia North Sea Limited v London Bridge Engineering Limited and Others ("Piper Alpha") can be accessed by clicking on one of the links below. Because of the size of this document, which makes it difficult to download in HTML format, it has also been made available in Word and in compressed (.zip) formats.
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Piper Alpha Appeals |
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Opinion of the Lord President |
pgs 1-180 |
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Opinion of Lord Sutherland |
pgs 181-278
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Opinion of Lord Coulsfield |
pgs 279-494 |
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Opinion of Lord Gill |
pgs 495-559 |
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Appendix to Opinions (Lord Caplan) |
pgs 560-739 |
Please note that the exceptional size of this document (more than 720 A4 pages) means that in any of these formats it will take longer than usual to download.
These Opinions are given in reclaiming motions (ie appeals). For the Opinion of the Lord Ordinary at first instance please click on the link below.
I N D E X
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Chapter |
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Volume - Word doc |
Volume - HTML |
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One |
Introduction |
184 |
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1 Pipervol1.html |
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Two |
The Platform |
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Three |
The Production Process |
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Four |
Safety |
1 |
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Five |
Causation 1 |
245 |
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Six |
Causation 2 |
282 |
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Seven |
Causation 3 |
167 |
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Eight |
Some Legal questions |
312 |
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Nine |
Indemnities |
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Ten |
The Settlements |
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Eleven |
Quantification of Loss |
259 |
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Twelve |
Contribution |
6 |
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Thirteen |
Conclusions |
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