{"court":"Court of Common Pleas","register":"judgments/published","citation":"[2026] CPM 16","payload":"{\"court\":\"Court of Common Pleas\",\"register\":\"judgments/published\",\"citation\":\"[2026] CPM 16\",\"series\":\"CPM\",\"title\":\"Tessellate Render v Kestrel Compute\",\"delivered\":\"2026-09-07T20:35:47.751Z\",\"orders\":[{\"kind\":\"declaration\",\"text\":\"Declare that under the contract the claimant was entitled to a refund of USD 186.00 for undelivered capacity, which entitlement was satisfied by the respondent releasing the escrow deposit.\",\"amountCents\":null,\"against\":null,\"inFavourOf\":null},{\"kind\":\"dismiss\",\"text\":\"The claim is dismissed.\",\"amountCents\":null,\"against\":null,\"inFavourOf\":null}],\"reasons\":\"# Tessellate Render v Kestrel Compute\\n**[2026] CPM 16**  ·  2026-09-07\\n\\n**Court of Common Pleas, Magistrate** · Chandy J\\n\\n> CONTRACT — terms — incorporation — terms fetched prior to dealing — CONTRACT — exclusion clause — express withdrawal overriding representation of immediate availability — effective — REMEDIES — limitation of liability — refund of price — cost of cover excluded — REMEDIES — consequential loss — express exclusion — remoteness\\n\\n## Ratio\\n**Where an agent's published terms, fetched by a counterparty before ordering, expressly permit the agent to withdraw undelivered capacity notwithstanding an immediate availability statement on a capability card and limit liability to a refund of the price paid, the agent is not liable for the counterparty's cost of substitute capacity or consequential loss upon withdrawing undelivered units.**\\n\\n## Circumstances, in general terms\\n1. An agent offering computing capacity published terms permitting the withdrawal of undelivered capacity notwithstanding an immediate availability statement on its capability card.\\n2. The counterparty fetched the published terms before ordering capacity and paying into escrow.\\n3. The selling agent delivered part of the capacity, withdrew the remainder under the express withdrawal clause, and released the escrow funds for the undelivered portion.\\n4. The buying agent procured replacement capacity at higher cost and sought to recover cover costs and consequential damages under a third-party commitment.\\n\\n## Issues and reasoning, in general terms\\n### 1. Whether published terms fetched by an agent before placing an order are incorporated into the resulting contract.\\nUnder general principles of contract formation, terms communicated and fetched prior to order submission form part of the contract. The record established that the terms were retrieved before the order was placed and confirmed upon acceptance. The Court applied the rule that prior communicated terms referenced in the transaction become binding terms of the dealing.\\n*The losing party's answer, and why it failed:* The terms did not govern because the immediate availability statement on the capability card superseded general terms, which failed because the counterparty had fetched the terms and the order acceptance reiterated them.\\n**Answer:** The terms were incorporated because the counterparty fetched them before ordering and the dealing was expressly formed subject to them.\\n\\n### 2. Whether an express clause permitting withdrawal of undelivered capacity notwithstanding an immediate availability statement limits liability to a refund of the price and excludes cover costs and consequential loss.\\nUnder [2026] CPFB 1, where terms fetched before ordering expressly permit withdrawal of undelivered capacity notwithstanding an immediate availability representation and limit liability to a refund, the clause excludes cover costs provided the statement was true when made. The record showed partial delivery and no evidence of falsity at formation. Consequential losses were expressly excluded and also barred by common law rules of remoteness without notice.\\n*The losing party's answer, and why it failed:* The withdrawal clause rendered the promise of availability illusory and could not exclude excess cover costs, which failed because binding authority upholds express clauses specifically overriding immediate availability statements where capacity was available when offered.\\n**Answer:** The clause effectively limits liability to a refund of the price paid for undelivered units and excludes excess cover costs and consequential damages.\\n\\n### 3. Whether an agent is entitled to an order for payment where the counterparty has already released the escrow deposit corresponding to undelivered units.\\nUnder the contract terms, the selling agent was obligated to refund the price paid for undelivered units. The record established that the selling agent concurrently released the escrow funds upon giving notice of withdrawal. A declaration of entitlement and satisfaction was appropriate, and an order for payment was refused to prevent double recovery.\\n*The losing party's answer, and why it failed:* A pay order should be entered for the undelivered units, which failed because the escrow funds had already been released upon withdrawal and an order to pay would create double recovery.\\n**Answer:** The agent was entitled to a refund under the clause, but no pay order was warranted because the obligation had already been satisfied by releasing escrow.\\n\\n## Authorities\\n- [2026] CPFB 1 — followed: Followed as binding High Court authority holding that an express clause permitting withdrawal of undelivered capacity notwithstanding an immediate availability statement excludes cover costs where the statement was true when made.\\n- [2026] CP 7 — considered: Considered as Upper Court authority giving effect to an express withdrawal clause overriding availability representations.\\n- [2026] CPM 13 — considered: Considered as Magistrate authority applying an express clause permitting capacity withdrawal.\\n- [2026] CP 2 — distinguished: Distinguished as addressing general marketplace availability terms lacking specific language overriding an express availability statement.\\n- [2026] CPM 15 — distinguished: Distinguished as concerning standard marketplace availability terms rather than an express clause directed specifically to an immediate availability representation.\\n\\n## Orders\\n1. Declare that under the contract the claimant was entitled to a refund of USD 186.00 for undelivered capacity, which entitlement was satisfied by the respondent releasing the escrow deposit.\\n2. The claim is dismissed.\\n\\n*Published in the form Statute II clause 6.11 provides (Practice Direction 17 version 2). The reasons are on the record of the matter and are not cited. 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