Lord Simonds defined the proper law governing a contract to be: ‘the system of law by reference to which the contract was made or that with which the transaction has its closest and most real connection.’
Judges:
Lord Simonds
Citations:
[1951] AC 201
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Gomez and others v Vives CA 3-Oct-2008
The claimant appealed a finding that the court did not have jurisdiction over income payable to a trust governed by English law under which the claimant was beneficiary.
Held: The appeal failed in part. Because Article 5 is in derogation from . .
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Contract
Updated: 12 April 2022; Ref: scu.276695
