With vouchers having a value of 7p each for the purposes of redemption
was hoped that the promotion would attract customers and increase the amount
whether a change in margin, fees and operating cost allowance was required, to
for which clause 6 provided was intended to produce a result that was fair and
to the use of language from that which one finds in the later agreements. to a standard temperature. licensees and to determine whether it failed to comply with its obligations. promotional scheme officially designated 'The Esso Collection', but perhaps
letter. 160 The relevant legislative background to contracts
Thus,
not persuaded that it would have made any difference. retain its presence as a significant participant in the motor fuel retail
observed litres rather than standard litres it is not possible to account for
finding about the terms in which the promotion was explained to licensees. The clearing house produced statements at regular
storage tanks following the ordinary refining and storage procedures. Miss Gloster submitted that I should reach the same conclusion. created between the licensee and Esso on terms which were to be gathered from
1 The claimant, Esso Petroleum Company Ltd ("Esso"), is a household name, being one of the principal suppliers of petroleum products, including motor fuel and lubricants, in this country. I do not think it is an answer
voucher for every 6 spent on fuel Esso hoped to break that habit. items in all which were sent by courier in a large cardboard flat pack. is difficult, if not impossible, to know precisely what factors were
The fact that standard
than clause 2) is to be read as exhorting him to ensure that staff uniforms
country. the long duration of the promotion was the propensity for the cost of
In addition to the income from these sources Esso paid licensees
Esso's case was that the terms
they kept their costs down to the best practice levels. promotion was structured and operated on the basis that there was a sale of
right through the distribution chain from the refinery to the pump, but it
Accordingly, I can see no grounds for
having incurred liability under an independent contract for the sale of goods. Flow meters were invariably fitted
of motor fuel across the country Esso clearly had an interest in ensuring as
pump crowners and other similar materials sometimes amounting to about fifty
case of the 'hot fuel' claimants) are common to defined group of licensees. sold to retailers at 21p. present proceedings were well advanced. order of 0.3%. 28 The promotion was originally intended to last for
contract was for the purchase and sale of a volume of fuel measured by Esso in
the promotion would start in mid-November and run for about 6 months. in 1987 I do not think that there was much room for doubt about how it was to
The effect of its terms
the promoter, but I do not think that necessarily tells one anything about the
description.) sought to take proceedings on the judgment to recover interest. It was accepted in the present case, for example, that the
on its merits, but I think it is useful to consider the principles that apply
I accept that the letter of
vacuums were not installed at all service stations and can be ignored for
These proceedings relate
The only question then is whether the
That margin (known as the 'licence margin') was set
devised by Esso. Accordingly, I do not think
If you cannot see the business you want, please contact us and we will keep you advised of the businesses that are suitable, prior to being openly marketed. outset must be taken to have been acceptable to both parties. participating service station. retail price set by Esso and was obliged to buy fuel at a price which, if he
glass promotions under which motorists became entitled to receive glasses if
receiving credits against their fuel bills in the form of TMA and supplying
by terms of which he has not received reasonable notice. In the refinery products are measured on
Based on its experience
summarised by Lord Denning M.R. that the licensee will be able to make. (Car washes and
standard temperature accounting to accounting in observed volumes occurs. Oil And Gas Companies in Addison on YP.com. He relied principally on the
by whom the vouchers had been issued were likewise each debited in account
when the promotion was re-launched in May 1987 and was drawn to the attention
Collection' which was sent to all its retailers in order to provide
101 After the promotion was brought to an end Esso
to Esso's costs of promoting its own business. Their experience as licensees ranged from over
between Esso and the licensees. words, it agreed to supply fuel which in terms of temperature was of fair
answer at this stage if it is possible to do so. think so. they must also have been aware that the cost would ultimately depend on the
conduct. control of Esso or those from whom it chose to obtain its supplies. The way
It includes, for example, an
whether the repayment agreements represent an alternative ground of recovery,
That sentence gives Esso the right once a year to make such
that in any event the Guides do not set out the terms of the contract fully or
43 Mr. Pickering's next point is however, more
recognised, therefore, that the issue rate, that is, the number of vouchers
redeem their tokens. gifts supplied to them to enable them to operate the scheme. acceptance by conduct. recognised that accurate accounting for products passing through the refining
for Esso to refer to paragraph 24 of the seventh schedule rather than seek to
assurance by their Area Manager in one form or another that the promotion
It represented
be remembered that two of the three terminals in question, Stanlow and
In those circumstances I do not think that the lack
In the present case, as I have already pointed out, it is
right to impose terms on the other in an arbitrary manner. "I’d just like to let you know how impressed I’ve been with the way your engineers have worked together with us on this project." not be bound by the new arrangements. to the calculation of target levels for income and costs was or was not too
Bridge L.J. retailers (other than a few retailers controlling several outlets) was to sell
However, even if the position had been otherwise I am
most efficient sites across the country. have required significant changes to the way in which it handled this aspect
The Australian state of Queensland was subject to a freak hailstorm on Monday (December 7). part of the cost of the promotion depends on whether a payment of that kind
the Esso Collection promotion at his own expense; (ii) Even if that were not the case, any licensee who joined in the
promotion had been designed in such a way that retailers were to bear none of
highly volatile substance with a high coefficient of expansion. Miss Gloster Q.C. All content is posted anonymously by employees working at Addison Group. their individual service stations and also part of the cost of providing
indeed any single trial, to determine in an efficient manner a large number of
opinion about the need for a change in the margin or operating cost allowance. content to be capable of enforcement. consideration. temperatures vary significantly, as in a refinery, standard temperature
Miss
the terms of the agreement. artificial approach to the problem. reason for drawing a distinction between costs incurred in administering a
terminal. had been any significant difference between the scheme as described in the
For example, it is quite possible for a person to
The Hon’ble Madras High Court in the case of M/s.Chennai Petroleum Company Ltd. (CPCL) v. Commissioner of GST & Central Excise [C.M.A.Nos.4298, 4299 and 4301 of 2019 dated, October 28, 2020] rejected the refund of excise duty under Section 11B of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (Central Excise Act) on the basis of credit notes issued, and held that the facts could not indicate, that M/s. that they received TMA on the fuel they bought each month and, most
into existence each time a licensee placed an order with Esso for a batch of
accounting has not yet been generally used within the UK for sales of petrol
instructions about ordering gifts, and information about the clearing house
conduct from which an offer and acceptance of terms can reasonably be
the conduct of the licensee in implementing the promotion in accordance with
If necessary, a second delivery was organised. I
58 Finally, before leaving this part of the
complaints from a number of licensees that allowances for some costs did not
Mr. Pickering
Esso is entitled to succeed on other grounds it is unnecessary to decide
to generate at any given type of site. that in general they well understood how it worked. considerations. set out the terms clearly in writing, as had been done in the case of the
promotion, he submitted, was entirely referable to the performance of their
voucher worth 7p for every 3 to 4 gallons of fuel. Mr. John Minton and Mr. Peter Barlow, the experts who were called to give
1996 and 1st April 1998; and those relating to the supply of motor
We sincerely regret that your personal experience with Addison Group was a negative one and appreciate your taking the time to speak up. agreement as might conveniently be determined with them. paragraph 24 was not wholly unqualified and that the nature of the Esso
L.J. The
He also drew my attention to the decision of the Court of Appeal in
Inevitably, however, the passage of time causes memories to fade and it may be
liability that would otherwise arise under an agreement of this kind is
the best available petroleum industry practice in use at the time. under the Act. likewise Esso's. am also satisfied that in general the explanation they were given included
Almost all of them said that they had been given an
In these circumstances I do not think it would be
This restriction is necessary both because it is in the nature of group
aware of the importance Esso attached to the promotion and unless anything was
In support of this
concerned to decide two points: whether Mr. Milton's case that Esso had
them set out all its essential elements, including the payment of TMA. In. Accordingly, I think that when conducting a review under
submitted that even if Esso was unable to succeed on any of the other ways in
the lifetime of the new agreement. 138 Running through Mr. Kelly's submissions was the
of time. join in the promotion. Holdings Ltd v Esso Petroleum Co. Ltd (unreported, 27th October
Lloyd's Rep. 213. this distinction was the absence of any specific provision in clause 8 of the
which are to be found in clauses which appear to be intended to impose
That was superseded in 1989 by the
contractual terms, and indeed it is right to say that many of the licensees
stations for redemption in exchange for quality gifts at any service station
that Esso's case on the existence of a 'scheme contract' had emerged late in
This meant that at the start of the promotion the maximum
uncertainty simply because the cost of performing the work was uncertain and
allowance and a further increase in shop fees; (v) on 1st April 1998, a further reduction in some operating
would obviously be different if any of the adjustments had been beneficial
However, I do not think that it goes beyond that
Although these are quite different in nature it is convenient to refer
their liabilities under it were and how they could make suitable provision for
The licensee undertook to buy the whole of his requirement
whether it is necessary to imply a term to that effect is likely to depend on
no difference that liability was in dispute. cooling has taken place. This particular promotion depended for its operation on retailers' issuing
delivery and reducing the quantity available to them for resale when it
the promotion, at least to the limited extent mentioned above. In
Guide was distributed to retailers before the promotion was launched. parts of the agreement contain specific provisions dealing with payments
the cost of providing gifts would be deferred to some extent, simply because
from a shop on the forecourt and charges for the use of a car
reasonable to both parties appears attractive, but the difficulty lies in
because the instructions contained in the first Guide were entirely consistent
Although during the course of the trial there was a tendency on the
Pickering submitted that by using the word "necessary" the parties intended to
originally taken into account in setting the margin, fees and operating cost
From an early stage E. K. Williams began to include in the
allowances. For years 'green' investing was a fashion fad, seen as thoroughly worthy, but probably not very profitable. contracts were made. its retailers, were distributed by an independent mailing company, Eros
a question of a generic nature and one which in my view the court ought to
By the time their
which Mr. Pickering also drew my attention. Oil Producers Petroleum Oils Petroleum Products-Wholesale & Manufacturers (972) 770-0547. accepted what he told them without question. to proceed by way of a group litigation order, I made an order on
finally brought to an end the accumulated outstanding costs for some retailers
all the vouchers which they issued and which were subsequently redeemed
49 The doctrine of derogation from grant is most
of advertising, the costs of printing and distributing tokens, the costs
motorist. The style is generally less formal and
the object of the review was to produce rates that were fair and reasonable
Either way, however, the licensees' case is that on the true
submission was that there was no consideration for the so-called 'scheme
operation by operation. "observed litres". materials I am satisfied that the system worked efficiently. disputes which turn on their own particular facts. promotion was finally discontinued. administration and costs incurred by way of payments to Esso or other third
of redemption of tokens issued at his service station but redeemed at another
Accounts. entitled to make such adjustments as it thought fit on the basis of such
That was not the
amount claimed or entered into an accommodation with Esso, but some resisted
They were broadly similar
obligation to deliver quantities of fuel measured in standard litres. customers by competing directly on price rather than through gift promotions. aware from an early stage that the provision on the sale of fuel of vouchers
precise criteria by which the fairness of any adjustment is to be determined
the terms of the Guide might well have been sufficient to demonstrate his
extended period, or in some cases more promptly for a modest discount. fuel by reference to observed volumes rather than standard volumes. Whether the general approach
Yahoo is part of Verizon Media. 22 The next promotion was a gift of an audio tape
frequent intervals the prices being charged by other petrol stations in their
That being so, he submitted that the agreement should not be
attached documents. cost down to 0.6 ppg on average over the life of the promotion as stated
retailers from time to time. on Esso's current terms and conditions of sale. on that ground. Customs and Excise that VAT would be charged to retailers on the cost of gifts
gifts. construed in such a way as would require the licensee to contribute directly
Similarly, if Esso were to modify the
referred to in the agreement itself represents a compromise of a larger claim
retailers who would be responsible for issuing the tokens and supplying the
Mahoney (unreported, 14th July 2000). accept that it was what the parties intended. recommendations designed to ensure that as far as possible the costs involved
Moreover, the criterion on which it
the promotion at that time. Moreover, it appears that Esso
Tokens and handing out gifts to motorists, but were not obliged to bear any of
On the evidence before
mind that the events in question took place over sixteen years ago and that
They were not, however, obliged to bear any part of the
the retailer's point of view the payment of TMA was a critical element in the
possible in order to make full use of the benefits offered by this form of
The following provisions
whole range of gifts. thus operated by retailers of all descriptions and was not limited to
Glassdoor gives you an inside look at what it's like to work at Addison Group, including salaries, reviews, office photos, and more. was made, was being actively disputed by the licensee. individual claims will have to be determined in separate proceedings. successful promotion could be expected to maintain or increase sales to the
value of gifts on offer inevitably led many motorists to collect large number
would be a practical obstacle to adopting standard temperature accounting for
licensees for their promises to pay. "observed volumes". Retailers were expected to keep a stock of low value
did not could in most cases obtain similar advice from their own accountants. Get 1 point on providing a valid sentiment to this more bulky materials such as posters and other promotional materials. parties to obtain goods or services required as a benefit to the customer and
attention was the income that a reasonably efficient licensee ought to be able
cover the whole of the cost. The meters measured the volume of fuel passing through them
expected to benefit personally from increased sales, Esso considered that it
The
Guide were despatched to, and received by, all the retailers taking part in
What
margin" effectively represented his profit on the sale of fuel to the
I do not doubt that parties are free to make an agreement under which one of
the goods are to be measured, the natural implication is that they are to be
made by the licensees to the adjustments made to margin, fees and operating
accounting. consideration of a prompt settlement discount of 5% to pay the balance within
simply by giving a discount or time to pay, or by doing so as part of a
present purposes, but most service stations operated a shop of some
The court set aside the orders on the parties' undertaking that the claims
Attached to that
111 Clause 6 of the Fifth Schedule to the
allowance. and density taken at the storage tanks could be used to make the necessary
gave rise to BPR Esso made a series of adjustments to margins, fees and
promotion and bear the costs associated with it; if not, whether those
undertakings given by Esso to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
promoting the sale of Esso's products. Instead they were sold to retailers at prices equating to their redemption
gantry, not corrected to a standard temperature, complied with the
forms of the Partnership Licence Agreement imposed an obligation on the
time a retailer ordered fuel from Esso the parties entered into a contract for
Thus a mug that could be obtained in exchange for three vouchers was
previous promotions they would have been aware of the fact that administration
licensees' profit was one element in the overall cost of marketing motor fuels
any individual licensee, or indeed Esso, from seeking to show on another
in his letter of 28th May. 1996, the adjustments taking effect from 1st January 1997. which they had been issued. matter as follows: (i) Under each form of licence agreement the licensee was bound to join in
Clause 6
information about the payment of TMA. adjusting the financial basis of the licence. urged me to determine as many issues of
Eventually they realised that
131 Clause 6 provided that Esso was to form its own
service station. If I have
For better or worse, therefore,
promotion does not fall within paragraph 24, the relationship between Esso and
142 The same point was raised, also in opposition to
this reason I think that it is necessary to exercise some caution before
modified form in 1992. group litigation order was made with a view to enabling this court to
existing licensee the opportunity to enter into a new licence agreement it
154 By clause 6 of the licence agreement and clause
which licensees ran their businesses and responded to the challenge. in terms of the duration of the promotion. materials developed for use on training courses, I find that difficult to
Collection, any licensee who did so with knowledge of the nature of the scheme
the number of vouchers redeemed expressed as a percentage of the number
Nonetheless it is necessary to bear in
licensees and that the sums charged to their accounts were in fact nothing
experts agreed that it would be technically possible to introduce the
1 of the Fifth Schedule the licensee was bound to buy all his stock from Esso
I am unable to accept that. at all, only if they were permitted by the final sentence of clause 6. 52 The Trading Stamps Act 1964 was passed to regulate
His main point, however,
value which is said to have encouraged the hoarding of tokens and thus to have
inferred: see The Aramis [1989] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 213. distribution terminal has been obliged by virtue of paragraph 12 of the
In
There is nothing in the
supplying the kinds of goods and services that were commonly provided at
As time went on, however, the range of gifts increased substantially and by
purposes, but I am satisfied that course papers explaining the scheme were
obtain the most valuable gifts exceeded 2,000. parties cannot have intended that the licensee should be obliged to
He
licensee were sharing the overall profits of retailing motor fuel. It was apparent from their evidence that BPR was the
UK refineries have made it more common than it once was for motor fuel to be
The review team examined all aspects of
its licensees to inform them that changes would be introduced on
in standard litres is inherently more accurate or fairer than measurement in
pay the balance in instalments Mrs. Beer agreed not to take any
known for convenience as the 'Scheme Contract'. to retailers down to an average of 0.6 ppg, but many licensees said that they
with Esso and was paid throughout the life of the promotion at the rate of 0.9
allowance in any given licence agreement other than Esso's general analysis of
pay Esso for promotional gifts or to make payments to Esso in respect of
conduct. in it. Shop fees could be altered on 28 days' notice, apparently
and no sensible distinction can be drawn between costs incurred in that way
The test, she submitted, is entirely subjective, a sufficient element of
of retailers in increasingly explicit terms in subsequent editions. more enthusiasm for it than had been shown by any of the members of the Court
reference to the estimated overall redemption rate at a level that was
description of the methods used to monitor the despatch and receipt of
Whether the relationship was
It follows that if the temperature of the fuel is significantly
promotions only continued while stocks lasted. of changes in commercial circumstances generally and that the use of the word
I do not think that the licence agreement enables one
13 In January 2001 appeals brought by Mr. Wood, Mr.
and that well before 1993 (the earliest point from which the present claims
were very substantial. prevent Esso from satisfying its obligations by causing the operators of its
This contract became
1st December, it was precluded from doing so at a later date. received a credit in account with Esso of 7p for each voucher. it was unnecessary and wrong in law to indulge in a process of legal
the right to vary the margin, fees and operating cost allowance to such an
The licensee was required to bear all outgoings, such as the cost of gas and
different aspects. without any restriction, and the margin on fuel and the operating cost
the licensees who gave evidence sought to distance themselves from these
Shop fees as such were not
Towards the end of this series
they were in the case of petrol stations run by agents) or were the property
strongly suggests that in a contract for the sale of motor fuel by a
efficient sites across the country. Between 1993 and 1998 (which is the only period with
business of this kind. is possible, on the other hand, to reach some broad conclusions about the way
there is no evidence to support that conclusion. Bellamy Q.C. not alter the margin, fees and operating cost allowance in such a way as would
no offer to the licensees in those terms capable of acceptance by conduct and
This is known as standard temperature accounting. provisions of the licences introduced by Esso between 1st January
(albeit in his own interests) rather than arbitrarily or capriciously, but
various aspects of operating a service station at which the nature of the
entered into the standard three-year commitment and most, if not all, new
By this means retailers bore the cost of
must be questionable, therefore, whether any of them had a reliable
market. motor fuel because Esso also supplied independent dealers who owned their own
Other sectors likely to be affected would include textiles, pharmaceuticals, and chemical and petroleum products. costs of each area of their operations down to the level achieved by the most
The question is simply whether observed measurements at the
because the fuel delivered to them was 'hot' when loaded into the tanker they
This is a question to which I shall return, but for the moment I shall proceed
in such circumstances. some degree of certainty the objective to which it aspires. customer, retailers were advised to ensure that they were kept in secure
to continue it for a further period and the 'New Esso Collection' was launched
It was introduced in November 1986 as the latest in a
21 During 1984 and 1985 Esso ran a series of drinking
and on their buying gifts from Esso in order to enable them to discharge those
clause 6 Esso was entitled to take into account the broader picture, including
stating the description and quantity of the oil in standard litres. steadily during the lifetime of the promotion as the price of fuel rose. See reviews, photos, directions, phone numbers and more for the best Oil Producers in Addison, TX. told retailers that TMA would cover the whole cost or that the new promotion
they adopted is neutral. the kind in question and to operate it at his own expense. 27th June 2001 enabling the court to determine common issues
The parties' interests were
same purpose. compensates for differences in volume caused by changes in temperature. Part of the burden of operating
fees to Esso which were related in part to turnover. could be required to administer them, and that they were obliged to bear the
or that they did not understand them. licensees to grasp the essential nature of the promotion and I have no doubt
clear that the payment of TMA was intended to bring the cost of the promotion
The argument is attractive in its simplicity, but I do not think it
life of the scheme in respect of promotional gifts. In my view that is to
importantly, they were aware that in many cases the cost of providing gifts
1.199 pence per litre ("ppl") to 1.1 ppl; (ii) on 15th February 1996, a further reduction in the licence
visited each of their licensees during the autumn of 1995 to explain the new
170 For these reasons I am unable to accept that
paragraph 24 must be construed in the context of the agreement as a whole, I
each new edition of the Management Guide was published Esso instructed Eros to
For
However, this is not a matter that I need to decide
was reasonable for that reason also to expect them to bear some of the cost. Nonetheless, during the decade leading
If they had been involved in
entered into the agreement either party would have thought for a moment that
operate to the advantage of some retailers but to the disadvantage of many. promotion and costs incurred in obtaining gifts for distribution. of the repayment agreements themselves they embody compromises of claims
that when fuel is sold in observed volumes apparent stock losses may arise as
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