County Ltd v Girozentrale Securities

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1996
Year1996
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • This document is available in original version only for vLex customers

      View this document and try vLex for 7 days
    • TRY VLEX
52 cases
  • Sagicor Ins v Crawford
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 14 February 2011
    ...1615 (Comm), referred to. (10) Cornford v. Carlton Bank Ltd., [1899] 1 Q.B. 392, referred to. (11) County Ltd. v. Girozentrale Secs., [1996] 3 All E.R. 834; [1996] 1 BCLC 653, referred to. (12) Dubai Aluminium Co. Ltd. v. Salaam, [2003] 2 A.C. 366; [2002] 3 W.L.R. 1913; [2003] 1 All E.R. 97......
  • Borealis AB v Geogas Trading SA
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 9 November 2010
    ...breach of contract remains an effective cause of the loss, at least ordinarily, the chain of causation will not be broken: County Ltd v Girozentrale [1996] 3 All ER 834, at p. 849 b-c, per Beldam LJ and at pp. 857 f-g and 858 b-c, per Hobhouse LJ (as he then was). Other examples can be foun......
  • Mueller Europe Ltd v Central Roofing (south Wales) Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Technology and Construction Court)
    • 22 February 2013
    ...from the breach." [Emphasis added] 123 Gross LJ also cited an illuminating passage from the judgment of Hobhouse LJ in County Ltd v Girozentrale Securities [1996] 3 All ER 834 on the significance of the state of knowledge of a claimant when considering whether the Defendant's conduct is to......
  • Newcastle International Airport Ltd v Eversheds LLP
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 2 October 2012
    ...v. Lewis [1982] AC225, Schering Agrochemicals Ltd v. Resibel [1992] WL 1351400 and County Ltd & Anor v. Girocentrale Securities [1996] 3 All ER 834. 133 By 16 February 2006 Mr Binger and Mr Boserup knew that NIAL had made a mistake. They knew that the contracts provided for large non-discre......
  • Request a trial to view additional results
2 firm's commentaries
  • Global Arbitration Review - The Guide to M&A Arbitration: United Kingdom
    • United Kingdom
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    • 18 December 2018
    ...(1887) 37 Ch D 541.61 A. Kramer, The Law of Contract Damages (2017, 2nd edn), at para. 9.19.62 County Ltd v. Girozentrale Securities [1996] 3 All ER 834.63 For fraud, see Doyle v. Olby [1969] 2 QB 158. For negligent misrepresentation, see s.2(1) Misrepresentation Act 1967 and Royscot Trust ......
  • IFI Update, June 2009 - Part 1
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    • 14 July 2009
    ...Fitzmaurice (1885) 29 ChD 459; JEB Fasteners Ltd v. Marks Bloom & Co. [1983] 1 All ER 587; County Ltd v. Girozentrale Securities [1996] 3 All ER 834). It is question of fact whether the defendant's breach was an effective cause of the loss that was claimed. By way of example, one break ......
1 books & journal articles
  • CONTRACT DAMAGES AND THE PROMISEE'S ROLE IN ITS OWN LOSS.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 42 No. 2, January 2019
    • 1 January 2019
    ...Simonius Vischer (n 70) 346 (Samuels JA); Kim (n 70) 92086 [21]-[22] (McPherson JA). See also County Ltd v Girozentrale Securities [1996] 3 All ER 834, 846 (Beldam LJ) ('County'). (71) See below Part III(C). (72) See, eg, below Part IV(B). (73) In tort, see, eg, McKew v Holland & Hannen......

VLEX uses login cookies to provide you with a better browsing experience. If you click on 'Accept' or continue browsing this site we consider that you accept our cookie policy. ACCEPT