Te tikanga me te tutu: Ka whakakahoretia e ngā kōti o Ingarangi te kereme inihua utu $25 miriona a te kaiwhakatū hanga whenua ki tāwāhi nā te mea kāore i te whai tikanga arumoni tana whakamaoritanga i te kaupapa here, ā, i takahi i te reo.

I roto i te keehi Technip v MedGulf , i whakakorehia e te Kōti Matua o Ingarangi me te Kōti Pīra te kereme inihua utu $25 miriona (USD) a te kaiwhakatū hanga mō ngā kino i pā mai i tana tukinga ki te whenua o te kaiwhakawhanake kaupapa i te wā e mahi ana i roto i te mara hinu o tai. I pai ake ngā kōti e rua ki te whakamaoritanga a te kaiinihua i te rarangi whakakorenga koretake o te kaupapa here, i kitea ai kāore i te whai tikanga arumoni te whakamaoritanga a te kaipupuri kaupapa here, ā, he nui ake te tutu ki te tikanga tūturu o ngā kupu.
Kaituhi: Kate Holland
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Ngā rōpū me te kaupapa here inihua

Ko te kaitono a Technip te kaiwhakatū matua i mahi i ngā mahi hanga ki tai mō KJO i te mara hinu me te hau ki tai o Al-Khafji i Saudi Arabia. Ko KJO, he hononga tahi i waenga i ngā kamupene hinu e rua, te kaiwhakawhanake kaupapa me te kaiwhakahaere mara. I uru atu ki ngā mahi te hoahoa, te hanga me te tāuta i ngā taura hiko hou, ngā papa me ngā taupoki puna. I tapaina a Technip me KJO hei 'Kaiinihua Matua' i raro i tētahi kaupapa here inihua whakakotahi (te Kaupapa Here ) me te kamupene inihua tiaki, a Medgulf (te kaiinihua ). I whakamahia e te Kaupapa Here te kupu paerewa mō te inihua mō ngā tūponotanga katoa o te hanga ki tai e whakamahia whānuitia ana i roto i te umanga pūngao. [1] I kiia te Kaupapa Here whakakotahi he inihua motuhake mō ia Kaiinihua Matua.

Ka tukinga a Technip ki te papaaho a KJO, ā, ka pakaru.

I te wā o te hanganga, i tukinga tētahi kaipuke i utua e Technip ki tētahi papa puna wai nō KJO, ā, ka pakaru. I whakaae a Technip ki te utu i te $25 miriona ki a KJO mō te kino i pā ki te papa o KJO.

Kei te tono a Technip mō te utu mō te Kaupapahere

I muri mai ka ngana a Technip ki te tono kia whakahokia mai tana utu whakataunga $25 miriona ki a KJO mai i te Kaupapahere.

Heoi, i whakakahoretia e te kaiinihua te kereme utu a Technip i runga i te whakaaro kāore i whakaurua te hipoki mō ngā kino ki te tūāpapa o KJO i raro i te tautoko 'kino ki ngā rawa o nāianei' o te Kaupapa Here (te Wāhanga Whakakore ). I whakakorehia e tēnei wāhanga whakakore te hipoki mō ngā kino ki ngā rawa o nāianei nō ' te Kaiinihua Matua' :

Kāore te kapinga i whakaratohia i raro i … tēnei kaupapa here e pā ki tētahi kereme mō te kino, te ngaronga rānei o te whakamahinga o tētahi rawa [2] nō te Tangata Matua kua Whakamanahia, kāore i whakaratohia i roto i tēnei kaupapa here.

I roto i te rarangi whakakore i whakaurua he kōwhiringa ki te 'hoko mai anō' mō taua rawa mā te whakarārangi i roto i te rārangi hoko mai anō (te Rārangi Hoko-mai anō ).

Ahakoa te [Rārangi Whakakore] i runga ake nei, kāore e pā ki tētahi kereme mō … ngā kino ki ngā rawa o nāianei e ai ki te [Rārangi Hoko-hoki] i raro nei.
I te wā i tangohia ai te Kaupapa Here, i whakamahia e Technip te kōwhiringa hoko-hoki mō ētahi rawa nō KJO, tae atu ki ētahi atu papaaho, hanganga, taura me ngā paipa. I whakarārangihia ēnei rawa ki te Rārangi Hoko-hoki me ō rātou uara, ngā kino pea me te mōrearea nui rawa atu. Ko te uara katoa o tēnei rawa hoko-hoki he $1.78 piriona. Heoi, kāore i tautuhia te papaaho motuhake i pakaru i te rārangi Rārangi Hoko-hoki. I angitu te tautohe a te kaiinihua ko te tikanga o tēnei kāore i whakamahia te kōwhiringa hoko-hoki mō te papaaho kua pakaru a KJO, nō reira he rawa kāore i hipokina te papaaho i raro i te Wāhanga Whakakore.

E rua ngā whakamāramatanga pea o te rarangi whakakore

E ai ki te Kōti Pīra, ehara te kirimana i te tauira tuhi mārama . Ko ngā kupu ' principal assured' me ' principal assured' i whakamahia i roto i te Kaupapa Here me te mea he taupatupatu; ko te kupu o te rarangi whakakorenga kāore i te tika te wetereo, ā, i whakaaetia kia rua ngā whakamaoritanga taupatupatu. 

Te whakamaoritanga a Technip 

I tautohe a Technip ko te tikanga o te kaupapa here whakakotahi ko te tikanga kāore i whakaurua te hipoki mō ngā taonga nō te rangatira inihua nāna i tuku te kereme i roto i te wāhanga whakakore. I tautohetia e ia, kāore i whakaurua ngā taonga nō te rangatira inihua kāore i tuku kereme. I te mea ko Technip te rangatira inihua nāna i tuku te kereme, kāore i whakaurua e te wāhanga whakakore ngā kino i puta mai i a Technip ki ōna ake taonga, ehara i te kino i puta mai i a Technip ki ngā taonga o KJO. Kāore i angitu te tautohe a Technip ko ngā kaupapa here inihua whakakotahi ka whakamāramatia i tēnei ara. 

Te whakamārama a te kaiinihua 

I tautohe te kaiinihua ahakoa he kaupapa here whakakotahi, i mau tonu te wāhanga whakakore i ngā rawa nō tetahi o ngā kaipupuri moni matua i raro i te Kaupapa Here, ahakoa ko wai te kaipupuri moni matua i tuku i te kereme. Ahakoa ko Technip te kaipupuri moni matua i tuku i tēnei kereme, kāore e taea e ia te kereme mō te kino o te tūāpapa a KJO nā te mea ko KJO tētahi o ngā kaipupuri moni Matua e rua . 

Te Whakaaro: te Kōti Matua [3]

Ngā ture whakamārama i roto i ngā kirimana inihua 

I kī te Kōti Matua me whakamārama te kaupapa here inihua, pērā i ngā kirimana katoa – he aha te tikanga o te reo o te kirimana e mārama ai te tangata whai whakaaro me ngā mōhiotanga katoa e wātea ana ki ngā rōpū i te wā i uru ai rātou ki te kirimana? [4]

Mēnā he koretake te kōrero, ka taea e te kooti te whiriwhiri i te whakamaoritanga arumoni e whai kiko ana, ā, mēnā e rua ngā whakamaoritanga ka taea, ka taea e te kooti te whiriwhiri i te mea e tino rite ana ki te whakaaro noa o te pakihi. Engari, ki te kore e koretake te reo, me whakamahi e te kooti (ki te kore e tino hē, e tino wairangi rānei). [5] I kī te kaiwhakawā o te Kōti Matua: [6]

E ai ki ēnei mana whakahaere, me whai whakaaro ahau ki te reo o te tautoko i roto i te horopaki o te kaupapa here whānui, ngā kōrero pono e tika ana, me ngā hua arumoni o ngā whakaaro whakataetae a ngā rōpū. 

Kāore he tikanga o te whakamaoritanga a Technip – kāore te hipoki mō te tūāpapa i whakaurua. 

I whakaae te Kōti Matua ki te kaiinihua kāore te kereme utu $25 miriona a Technip i tae ki te turanga tuatahi nā te mea i whakakorehia te tūāpapa pakaru o KJO i te hipoki nama i raro i te rarangi whakakore, ā, kāore anō kia hokona mai mā te whakarārangi i roto i te Rārangi Hoko-whakahoki. 

I te whakahē i te whakamārama a Technip, i whakaaro te Kōti Matua ko te kaupapa matua o te whakakorenga he whakakore i te hipoki mō ngā rawa nō KJO . I whakamārama te Kōti Matua ko te hanganga wāhanga-toru o te Wāhanga Whakakorenga ko: [7]

  1. ki te tautuhi i ngā rawa katoa o nāianei kei raro i te whakamanatanga; 
  2. ki te tohu i ngā taonga kei te Matua Kua Whakamanahia (kei a ia rānei te mana pupuri me ētahi atu) e kore e whakaurua; engari 
  3. kātahi ka whakarato i te hipoki "Hoko-Whakahoki" mō ētahi rawa kua tautuhia, nō KJO katoa ēnei. 

I runga i te kaupapa o runga ake nei, i whakatau te Kōti Matua ko te tangata whai whakaaro nui me ngā mōhiotanga papamuri katoa e wātea ana ki ngā rōpū i te wā i uru ai rātou ki te kirimana, kua mārama ki te reo o te Kaupapa Here, arā, mēnā ka pā he kino ki ngā rawa o tētahi Kaihautū Matua, ko ngā rawa anake i tautuhia i roto i te Rārangi Hoko-whakahoki ka whai kapinga. Mēnā kāore te rawa i tautuhia i roto i te Rārangi Hoko-whakahoki, ka whai mana te aukati, ā, kāore he kapinga. 

I whakatau te Kōti Matua kāore he tikanga arumoni o te whakamaoritanga a Technip i runga i te hanganga o runga ake nei, nā te mea ko te tikanga ka pā noa te Wāhanga Whakakore mena ka pakaruhia e te Tangata Matua tana ake taonga (i roto i tēnei take, he onge noa iho, mena ka puta he nama) ā, nā te mea i kore ai e whai tikanga te rārangi a Technip o ngā taonga motuhake a KJO i roto i te Rārangi Hoko-hoki. I kitea kāore he mea i roto i te reo o te Wāhanga Whakakore i puta ai tēnei hua uaua, he rerekē hoki : [8]

He rerekē, ko te whakamārama māmā o te rārangi i whakatakotoria e Medgulf, e whakaae ana ahau, he mea whai tikanga arumoni, e tautokona ana e te whārite meka, ā, he rite ake ki te tautoko whānui. 

Quantum – ahakoa i angitu, kāore i taea e Technip te whakahoki mai i te moni whakataunga katoa o te $25 miriona 

I te tumanako ka pīra a Technip mō tāna whakataunga whakamāori, ka haere tonu te Kōti Matua ki te whakatakoto me pēhea e tatau ai i te moni e tika ana kia whakahokia mai e Technip i raro i te Kaupapahere, me i kore te tūāpapa a KJO i aukatia i te hipoki. 

I uru atu a Technip rāua ko KJO ki tētahi whakaaetanga whakataunga mō te $25 miriona. Engari i kī te Kōti Matua kāore he herenga ture a Technip ki a KJO mō tētahi mea e nui ake ana i ngā utu whakatikatika whaitake . Whai muri i te whakaaroaro i te nui o ngā taunakitanga a ngā tohunga, i whakatau te Kōti Matua ko te utu whakatikatika whaitake mō te tūāpapa he $10 miriona noa iho. 

Nō reira, ahakoa i angitu te whakamārama a Technip i te rarangi whakakore, ko te $10 miriona anake te mea i tika kia whakahokia mai e ia mai i te kaiinihua i raro i te Kaupapahere, kaua ko te $25 miriona katoa i whakaaetia e ia ki te utu ki a KJO. 

Te Tūkino: te Kōti Pīra

I te Kōti Pīra, kāore i angitu te tono a Technip kia piira, me te tautohe: 

  1. Ka whakamāramahia ngā kaupapa here whakakotahi i ngā wā katoa e ai ki te whakamāramatanga a Technip. 
  2. Ehara te whakamārama a te Kōti Matua i te tikanga tika mō te Rārangi Whakakore, ā, kāore i te tika te whakanui i te hiranga o te reo kaupapa here. 
  3. I tino whai whakaaro te whakamāoritanga a te Kōti Matua ki ngā take arumoni. 

I whakakahoretia e te Kōti Pīra ngā tautohe katoa a Technip i runga ake nei, i whakanuia te āta whakaaro nui a te kaiwhakawā o te Kōti Matua , ā, i whakaūtia he tika whānui te kaiwhakawā mō ngā take i homai e ia. 

I kitea e te Kōti Pīra kāore te āhua whakakotahi o te Kaupapa Here i pā ki te whakamāramatanga o te Wāhanga Whakakore, ā, kāore te ture take i whakawhirinakihia e Technip i tautoko i tana kereme e whakamāramahia ana ngā kaupapa here whakakotahi i runga anō i te whakamāramatanga a Technip. 

I tua atu, i kitea e te Kōti Pīra kāore te kaiwhakawā o te Kōti Matua i tino aro ki te tikanga arumoni – i tika tana whakamārama, me te whai whakaaro ki te reo me ngā meka e whakaaetia ana, tae atu ki ngā take arumoni . 

E rima ngā take i whakamāramahia ai e te Kōti Pīra i nui ake ai te pānga o te reo me te hanganga o te Kaupapa Here i tā Technip: [10]

  1. Nui atu te tutu o te whakamaoritanga a Technip ki te tikanga tūturu o ngā kupu i tā te whakamaoritanga a te kaiinihua. Ko te whakamaoritanga a te kaiinihua i uru ki te whakarerekē i te kupu kotahi, mā te whakakapi i te kupu 'te Matua Kua Whakamanahia' ki te kupu ' tetahi Matua Kua Whakamanahia'. Engari ko te whakamaoritanga a Technip i hiahiatia he nui ake ngā whakarerekētanga, arā, te whakarerekē i te kupu 'te Matua Kua Whakamanahia' ki te kupu 'te Matua Kua Whakamanahia ' e tuku ana i te kereme motuhake e pā ana '. 
  2. I whakaae a Technip kāore he rerekētanga i waenga i ngā tikanga o te kupu 'Principal Insured' me te 'Principal Assured', arā, i whakamahia ngātahitia puta noa i te Kaupapa Here. 
  3. Kāore i te mārama te whakamārama a Technip nā te mea ehara i a Technip rāua ko KJO anake ngā rōpū inihua i raro i te Kaupapa Here. I whakaurua hoki ki te Kaupapa Here (me tana Wāhanga Whakakore) tētahi akomanga o 'Ētahi Atu Kainihua', tae atu ki ngā kaiwhakahaere kaupapa, ngā kaimahi kirimana iti, ngā kaiwhakarato me ētahi atu kamupene e hono ana ki te kaupapa. Kāore i mahi te whakamārama a Technip i te wā i tukuna ai te kereme nama e tētahi o ēnei Ētahi Atu Kainihua. 
  4. Kāore he mea i roto i te toenga o te Kaupapa Here e tohu ana, e tautoko ana rānei i te whakamaoritanga ahurei a Technip mō 'te Tangata Matua kua Whakamanahia' i roto i te Wāhanga Whakakore. Ko te Wāhanga Whakakore he whakakore noa i te kapinga mō ngā kino ki ngā taonga nō ngā Tangata Matua kua Whakamanahia/Kua Whakamanahia. 
  5. Kāore i whai hua te mātāpono contra proferentum o te whakamaoritanga [11] nā te mea kāore i tino arohia e te whakamaoritanga a Technip te meka ko te Whakatakotoranga he whakakorenga rawa o nāianei, me te kōwhiringa hoko-hoki i whai wāhi nui ki te kapinga. He rerekē, i hoatu e te whakamaoritanga a te kaiinihua te hanganga tika ki te whakakorenga e whai ana kia kore e hipokina ngā rawa o nāianei mēnā kāore i hokona-hoki. 

Whakamutunga

Kāore he uauatanga ki te Kōti Pīra ki te whakakore i te whakamaoritanga a Technip, ā, i whakakorea hoki te piira. I te mea ko te Kaupapa Here i tēnei take te momo kupu paerewa e whakamahia whānuitia ana mō te inihua mō ngā tūponotanga katoa o te hanga whenua ki tāwāhi, he māramatanga pai tēnei whakataunga mō te umanga pūngao.  

Ngā Tohutoro

[1] Mā te whakamahi i te Kaupapahere Hanganga Tātahi o WELCAR 2001 kua whakatikatikaina.

[2] I whakaaetia ko te kupu 'mō' he tuhinga kino, ā, kāore i te tika mō taua kupu.

[3] Technip Saudi Arabia Limited v Te Kamupene Inihuarangatia me te Whakahokinga Inihuarangatia o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa [ 2023] EWHC 1859 (Comm).

[4] Mana Whakahaere Pūtea v Arch Insurance UKSC [2021] i [47].

[5] Rainy Sky SA v Kookmin Bank [2011] UKSC 50 i [21].

[6] Technip, i runga ake i te n 1, i [146].

[7] Technip, i runga ake i te n 1, i [152].

[8] Technip, i runga ake i te n 1, i [161].

[9] Technip Saudi Arabia Limited v The Mediterranean & Gulf Insurance and Reinsurance Co [2024] EWCA Civ 481.

[10] Technip, i runga ake i te n 7, i [26]–[32].

[11] Ko te contra proferentum he mātāpono mō te whakamaoritanga kirimana e mea ana me whakamaori he kupu koretake ki te taha o te kaituhi.

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