Antaios Compania Naviera S.A. v Salen Rederierna A.B.

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
JudgeLord Diplock,Lord Keith of Kinkel,Lord Scarman,Lord Roskill,Lord Brandon of Oakbrook
Judgment Date26 July 1984
Judgment citation (vLex)[1984] UKHL J0726-1
Date26 July 1984
CourtHouse of Lords
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    ...Notes 1 2001 All ER (D) 418, 30 July 2001 2 Applying existing UK practice when dealing with leave to appeal set out in The Antaois [1985] AC 191 3 Human Rights Act, Section 2 provides that courts and tribunals must take into account the case law under the Convention where 4 The nature of th......
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    ...the principles of the lex mercatoria (the law of merchants). To quote another famous passage of English law that appeared in The Antaios [1985] AC 191: "... if detailed semantic and syntactical analysis of words in a commercial contract is going to lead to a conclusion that flouts business ......
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    ...the contract. Footnotes 1 [2014] EWHC 1028 (TCC) 2 Per approach of Lord Diplock in Antaios Compania Naviera SA v Salen Rederierna AB [1985] AC 191 at 201D: "... if a detailed semantic and syntactical analysis of a word in a commercial contract is going to lead to a conclusion that flouts co......
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