Attorney General of the Republic of Ghana v Texaco Overseas Tankships Ltd (Texaco Melbourne)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date1993
Year1993
Date1993
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
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4 cases
  • Attorney General of the Republic of Ghana v Texaco Overseas Tankships Ltd (Texaco Melbourne)
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • February 10, 1994
    ...in the sum of $1,939,591.90. His decision was reversed by the Court of Appeal (Glidewell and Leggatt L.JJ., Hirst L.J. dissenting) [1993] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 471, who substituted an award of gc11,642,551 plus interest in that currency. It is against that decision that the Department now appeals......
  • Lesotho Highlands Development Authority v Impregilo SpA
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • June 30, 2005
    ...Services Europe Atlantique Sud (SEAS v Stockholms Rederiaktiebolag Svea; The Despina R [1979] AC 685 and Attorney General of the Republic of Ghana v Texaco Overseas Tankships Ltd [1994] 1 Lloyd's Rep 473. Broadly speaking, where a contract does not expressly cover the situation, the approa......
  • (1) Kazakhstan Kagazy Plc v (1) Baglan Abdullayevich Zhunus (formerly Baglan Abdullayevich Zhunussov)
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • February 28, 2018
    ... ... Howe and Mr Foxton referred also to The Texaco Melbourne [1994] 1 Lloyd's Rep 473 , ... to acquire the US Dollars from the bank of Ghana. This being so, I find it impossible to ... wanted to purchase crude oil from overseas for use in the refining process at its refinery, ... to the corporate centre, arose in the Republic of Kazakhstan.” ... This ... position of persons with the claimants' general attributes, but will not have regard to ... ...
  • Ghana (Attorney General) et al. v. Texaco Overseas Tank Ships Ltd., (1994) 164 N.R. 193 (HL)
    • Canada
    • February 10, 1994
    ...The shipowners appealed. The Court of Appeal, Glidewell and Leggatt, L.JJ., and Hirst, L.J., dissenting, in a decision reported at [1993] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 471, reversed the decision and substituted an award of gc11,642,551, plus interest in that currency. The Department The House of Lords dis......

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