Ship Buyers Win $5M Deposit Debt Battle At Top UK Court

By Lucia Osborne-Crowley ( November 12, 2025, 1:06 PM GMT) -- Three buyers in a collapsed deal to buy a tanker won their bid at the U.K. Supreme Court on Wednesday to escape a debt worth almost $5 million for failing to facilitate a deposit payment, as the justices agreed that the sellers' only available remedy for the soured deal is damages....

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