Buchanan (James) & Company Ltd v Babco Forwarding & Shipping (U.K.) Ltd
Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
Judgment Date | 09 November 1977 |
Court | House of Lords |
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Fothergill v Monarch Airlines Ltd
...of treaties or conventions in different languages were discussed in James Buchanan & Co. Ltd. v. Babco Forwarding and Shipping (UK) Ltd. [1978] A.C. 141 It is obvious that the present represents a special and indeed unique 9Here it is not only permissible to look at a foreign language text......
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McKee v Culligan
...Bourke v. Attorney General [1972] I.R. 36; (1970) 107 I.L.T.R. 33. Buchanan (James) & Co. Ltd. v. Babco Forwarding & Shipping Ltd.[1978] A.C. 141; [1979] 3 W.L.R. 907; [1977] 3 All E.R. 1048; [1978] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 119; (1977) 121 S.J. 811; [1978] 1 C.M.L.R. 156. Clarke v. McMahon [1990] 1 I......
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Home and Overseas Insurance Company Ltd v Mentor Insurance Company (U.K.) Ltd
... ... ) and Mentor Insurance Company (UK) Limited Defendants (Respondents) ... 52 In Buchanan (James) & Co. -v- Babco Forwarding and Shipping ... ...
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Hyman and another v Revenue and Customs Commissioners
...the Finance Act 2003 in the way that he suggests. As Lord Salmon put it in James Buchanan & Co Ltd v Babco Forwarding & Shipping (UK) Ltd [1978] AC 141, 160: For a court to construe a statute is one thing but to graft a provision on to it on the ground that the court thinks it is reasonable......
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1 firm's commentaries
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Practice Statement Makes Perfect: The Supreme Court Affirms Buchanan v Babco
...& Ors [2023] UKSC 19, the Supreme Court was invited to overturn the majority decision of the House of Lords in Buchanan v Babco [1978] AC 141. The Court in that case held that excise duty was recoverable in addition to the value of the goods under Article 23.4 of the CMR Convention, which g......
5 books & journal articles
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Juridical and Constitutional Implications of CARICOM Treaty Practice
...& Shipping (UK) Ltd. CARICOM: POLICY OPTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT 488 CARICOM: POLICY OPTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT 488 [1978] AC 141. 78. The Parlement Belge; J .H. Rayner (Mincing Lane) Limited v Department of Trade and Industry; Fisher v Minister of Public Safety & Immigra......
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Bare v. Independent Broad-Based Anti-Corruption Commission: one step forward, one step back; the Victorian Charter in Bare v. Independent Broad-Based Anti-corruption Commission.
...(1980) 147 CLR 142, 159 (Mason and Wilson JJ) ('Gamlen'), citing James Buchanan & Co Ltd v Babco Forwarding & Shipping (UK) Ltd [1978] AC 141, 152 (Lord Wilberforce). See also Morrison v Peacock (2002) 210 CLR 274, 279 [16] (135) (1997) 190 CLR 225, 239. (136) (2015) 326 ALR 198, 31......
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SINGAPORE ACADEMY OF LAW ANNUAL LECTURE 2ND SEPTEMBER 1998
...16 Stag Line, Ltd v Foscolo, Mango & Co[1932] AC 328 at 350; and see James Buchanan & Co Ltd v Babco Forwarding and Shipping (UK) Ltd. [1978] AC 141 at 152; Fothergill v Monarch Airlines Ltd1981 AC 251; Sidhu v British Airways1977 AC 430. 17 (1982) 153 CLR 168 at 265. 18 Shipping Corporatio......
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The CSME, CCJ and Private Sector
...AC 251 at 281-7. 16. Statutory Interpretation, 4th edition, Butterworths, London, 2002 at pp. 580-1. 17. (2003) 1 AC 976 at 992. 18. (1978) AC 141 at p. 152. 19. Arab Monetary Fund v Hashim (1991) 2 AC 114. 20. (1977) AC 915 21. (2005) UK PC 3. 22. Trendtext Trading Corporation v Central Ba......
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