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Court Dismisses Biffa’s £51.4 Million Claim Over Failed Scottish Deposit Return Scheme
Judge ruled no negligent misrepresentation in minister's letter; Biffa's £51.4 million loss claim dismissed as the scheme's legal risks were political and regulatory.
- In a ruling published on Friday, Lord Sandison, judge at the Court of Session, dismissed Biffa's £51.4m claim over the failed Scottish deposit return scheme.
- After a May 2022 letter from Lorna Slater, the judge noted `The belief of Ms Slater, genuinely held on at least colourable grounds until early 2023, that the matter of the IMA exclusion was unlikely actually to pose a problem for the scheme`; Biffa claimed it negligently misrepresented the risk.
- In July 2022, Biffa signed a 10-year contract as logistics provider with Circularity Scotland , which fell into administration in June 2023 with £86m debts, terminating Biffa's contract.
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