A&A Mechanical Contractors and Company Ltd (Appellant) v Petroleum Company of Trinidad & Tobago (Respondents) (Trinidad & Tobago)

Case summary

Case ID

JCPC/2020/0031

Jurisdiction

Trinidad and Tobago

Parties

Appellant(s)

A&A Mechanical Contractors and Company Ltd

Respondent(s)

Petroleum Company of Trinidad & Tobago

Issue

Whether the Court of Appeal erred in allowing PCTT’s appeal including (i) in finding that the letter of 23 June 2008 was without prejudice or inadmissible, (ii) in its approach to other evidence, and / or (iii) in failing to make an award with respect to interest?

Facts

A&A, a construction company working in the energy sector, provided steelworks to PCTT, the state-owned petroleum company. The parties could not agree the value of those works. A&A filed a claim in the High Court. On 28 April 2014, the High Court granted judgment in favour of A&A in the sum of $9,972,262.74 plus costs. The Respondent appealed the decision on grounds including (a) that the trial judge had wrongly relied on a letter sent "without prejudice" and (b) erred in his approach to the evidence in other respects. On 12 December 2019 the Court of Appeal allowed the appeal and remitted the matter to the High Court for re-hearing. A&A now appeals to the JCPC seeking to overturn the Court of Appeal’s judgment and reinstate the decision of the High Court, along with other orders.

Date of issue

10 April 2020

Judgment details

Judgment date

3 November 2022

Neutral citation

[2022] UKPC 39

Judgment links

Appeal

Justices

Lord Briggs

Lord Leggatt

Lord Burrows

Lord Stephens

Lord Lloyd-Jones

Hearing dates

Start date

7 April 2022

End date

7 April 2022

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