Attorney General of the Virgin Islands v Global Water Associates Ltd (British Virgin Islands)
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Neutral Citation | [2020] UKPC 18 |
| Year | 2020 |
| Court | Privy Council |
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7 cases
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Barkby Real Estate Developments Ltd v Cornerstone Telecommunication Infrastructure Ltd
...is too remote have recently been restated by the Privy Council in Attorney General of the Virgin Islands v Global Water Associates Ltd [2020] UKPC 18; [2021] A.C. 23 at [29] to [35] of the Judgment of Lord Hodge DPSC: “29. More recently, Professor Andrew Burrows [now Lord Burrows JSC] in ......
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Orchard Plaza Management Company Ltd v Balfour Beatty Regional Construction Ltd
...The Privy Council recently considered the leading authorities in Attorney General of the Virgin Islands v Global Water Associates Ltd [2020] UKPC 18, and in particular this issue. After discussing at §§27 to 29 varying language used in The Heron II and The Achilleas and the view of Lord Bu......
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Sagicor Bank Jamaica Ltd v YP Seaton and Others
...Heron II) [1969] 1 AC 350 and yet more recently by the Board in Attorney General of the Virgin Islands v Global Water Associates Ltd [2020] UKPC 18; [2021] AC 23. No question of remoteness arises in relation to Mr Seaton's claim for the return of the principal sums withdrawn from his bank......
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Bugsby Property LLC (a company incorporated under the laws of Delaware) v LGIM Commercial Lending Ltd
...circumstances so known and communicated.” 402 In the Privy Council in Attorney General of the Virgin Islands v Global Water Associates Ltd [2021] AC 23 Lord Hodge said: “28. In the common law tradition the phrases and expressions used by judges do not have and should not be accorded the sta......
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2 firm's commentaries
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Complex Commercial Litigation Law Review - Fifth Edition - England & Wales
...found in the Privy Council’s decision of Attorney General of the Virgin Islands v. Global Water Associates Ltd (British Virgin Islands) [2020] UKPC 18.72 Joseph Chitty, Chitty on Contracts: General principles, 31st edn (Sweet & Maxwell: 2012).73 Section 1, Law Reform (Contributory Negligenc......
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Legal Update: Remoteness Of Damages For Breach Of Contract
...General of the Virgin Islands v Global Water Associates Ltd (British Virgin Islands) [2020] UKPC 18 ("GWA") the Privy Council, the Island's final appeal Court, has recently reaffirmed the test for remoteness of damages in breach of contract In such a claim, a party will only be able to reco......