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Atlantic Shipping and Trading Co v Louis Dreyfus and Co: HL 1921

Lord Dunedin said: ‘My Lords in these commercial cases it is I think of the highest importance that authorities should not be disturbed and if your lordships find that a certain doctrine has been laid down in former cases and presumably acted upon you will not be disposed to alter that doctrine unless you think it clearly wrong.’

Judges:

Lord Dunedin

Citations:

[1921] 2 AC 250, [1922] 10 Ll Rep 703

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedThe ‘Nukila’ CA 1987
Hobhouse LJ said: ‘Turning to the authorities it must at the outset be recognised that, whether or not they are strictly binding on us, they must, insofar as they represent the existing authoritative statements of the law only be departed from if . .
CitedTransfield Shipping Inc of Panama v Mercator Shipping Inc of Monrovia ComC 1-Dec-2006
The owners made substantial losses after the charterers breached the contract by failing to redliver the ship on time as agreed.
Held: On the facts found the Owners’ primary claim is not too remote. To the knowledge of the Charterers, it was . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Litigation Practice, Damages

Updated: 10 May 2022; Ref: scu.246867

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