Di Ferdinando v Simon Smits & Company Ltd
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1920 |
| Year | 1920 |
| Court | Court of Appeal |
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Services Europe Atlantique Sud (SEAS) v Stockholms Rederiaktiebolag Svea (Folias)
...as to tort by the S.S. Celia (Owners) v. S.S. Volturno (Owners) [1921] 2 A.C. 544 (" The Volturno") and as to contract by Di Ferdinando v. Simon, Smits & Co. Ltd. [1920] 3 K.B. 409, which decided that judgment in an English court could only be given in sterling converted from any foreign cu......
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Services Europe Atlantique Sud (SEAS) v Stockholms Rederiaktiebolag Svea (Folias)
...cruzeiros converted into sterling at the date of the breach when the goods were delivered damaged on 22nd September,1971, see Di Ferdinando v. Simon. Smits & Co. Ltd. (1920) 3 King's Bench 409. At that time the rate was 13.50 cruzeiros for £1 sterling. So the award would be for £34,750 ste......
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Miliangos v George Frank (Textiles) Ltd
...own currency. I therefore see no need to overrule or criticise or endorse such cases as The Volturno [1921] 2 A.C. 544 or Di Ferdinando v. Simon, Smits & Co. Ltd. [1920] 3K.B. 409. I would only say, in agreement with Scrutton L.J.( The Baarn [1933] P. 251, 266), that the former case leaves ......
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Table of cases
........................................................................................ 233 Di Ferdinando v. Simon, Smits & Co. Ltd., [1920] 3 K.B. 409 (C.A.) ................. 45 Diachuk v. Diachuk, [1941] 2 D.L.R. 607, [1941] 2 W.W.R. 599, 49 Man. R. 102 (K.B.) ...................................
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Foreign Currency Obligations
...see Rastell v Draper (1605), 80 ER 55 (KB). [1961] AC 1007 (HL) [Havana Railways]. See also Di Ferdinando v Simon, Smits & Co Ltd, [1920] 3 KB 409 [1976] AC 443 (HL) [Miliangos], Foreign Currency Obligations 47 the breach, the franc had risen sharply against the pound. Applying the breach-d......
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Foreign Currency Obligations
...Draper (1605), 80 E.R. 55 (K.B.). 3 [1961] A.C. 1007 (H.L.) [ Havana Railways ]. See also Di Ferdinando v. Simon, Smits & Co . Ltd. , [1920] 3 K.B. 409 (C.A.). 4 [1976] A.C. 443 (H.L.) [ Miliangos ]. CONFLICT OF LAWS 46 English buyer to pay the Swiss seller in Swiss francs. Since the date o......