American Express Company v British Airways Board
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 1983 |
| Year | 1983 |
| Date | 1983 |
| Court | Queen's Bench Division |
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4 cases
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The Claimants in the Royal Mail Group Litigation v Royal Mail Group Ltd
...to be covered by section 2 of the 1980 Act. 201 In another sphere claim based on a statute has been held to be a tort. In American Express Co v British Airways Board [1983] 1 All ER 557 it was held that a claim based on the theft of a postal packet amounted to “proceedings in tort” for the......
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Scipion Active Trading Fund v Vallis Group Ltd (formerly Vallis Commodities Ltd)
...tort. iv) Support can be found for construing references to “ tort” as encompassing claims in bailment in such cases as American Express Co v British Airways Board [1983] 1 WLR 701. The issue there was whether claims in bailment were precluded by section 29 of the Post Office Act 1969: “ n......
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Post Office v British World Airlines Ltd
...Beaumont & Son) for the defendant. The following cases were referred to in the judgment: American Express Co v British Airways BoardWLR[1983] 1 WLR 701. Gatewhite Ltd v Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana SAELR[1990] 1 QB Herd v Clyde Helicopters LtdELR[1997] AC 534. Holmes v Bangladesh Biman Co......
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Post Office v British World Airlines Ltd
...been under the 1967 Order, as it was entitled to immunity and not merely a limit to its liability. In American Express v British Airways [1983] 1 WLR 701 Lloyd J (as he then was) decided that the statutory immunity extended to a claim under the 1967 Order as such a claim was encompassed wit......