The rule against enforcing foreign political laws did not require it to enforce a contract that violated Indian laws against export to South Africa. The court permitted recognition but not enforcement of foreign revenue laws.
Denning LJ said: ‘if two people knowingly agree together to break the laws of a friendly country or to procure someone else to break them or to assist in the doing of it, then they cannot ask this court to give its aid to the enforcement of their agreement.’
Judges:
Parker, Denning LJJ
Citations:
[1956] 2 QB 490, [1956] 2 All ER 487
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Fielding and Platt Ltd v Selim Najjar CA 17-Jan-1969
The plaintiff company had contracted to make and export to the defendant an aluminium extrusion press. The defendant re-assured the plaintiff that it would be lawful for him to import the plant, but asked that the plant be described falsely on the . .
from – Regazzoni v Sethia HL 1957
The House considered a mutual intention of both parties to perform a contract, which was not illegal on its face, but in a manner which was contrary to the law of the place where it was to be performed.
Held: Lord Reid said: ‘To my mind, the . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Contract, International
Updated: 04 May 2022; Ref: scu.464683