The court had power to order the payment of interest on a judgment of a court in Saudi Arabia even though a Saudi court would have applied Sharia law. That law follows the teaching in the Koran forbidding the payment or receipt of interest.
Judges:
Hobhouse J
Citations:
Unreported, 11th April 1990
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Approved – Kuwait Oil Tanker Company SAK and another v Bader and others 17-Dec-1998
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Cited – Knight v Axa Assurances QBD 24-Jul-2009
The claimant was injured in a car accident in France. The defendant insurer said that the quantification of damages was to be according to French law and the calculation of interest also. The claimant said that English law applied.
Held: The . .
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International, Litigation Practice
Updated: 21 June 2022; Ref: scu.185195