Lord Sumner described the doctrine of frustration as ‘a device by which the rule as to absolute contracts are reconciled with a special exception which justice demands.’
Judges:
Lord Sumner
Citations:
[1926J AC 497
Cited by:
Cited – Maritime National Fish Ltd v Ocean Trawlers Ltd PC 12-Apr-1935
(Nova Scotia En Banco) The parties contracted for a charter of a fishing ship. It then became unlawful for a ship to use otter trawl, the only equipment available to the ship, without a licence, but the number of licences was restricted and did not . .
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Contract
Updated: 15 May 2022; Ref: scu.267345
