Distillers Company (Biochemicals) Ltd v Thompson
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Court | Privy Council |
| Judgment Date | 1971 |
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119 cases
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Morin v Bonhams & Brooks Ltd
...or … what were the elements which constituted the gist of the relevant tort which it was alleged had been committed?": see Distillers Co. Ltd. v. Thompson [1971] AC 458, 469A-B; Metall und Rohstoff AG v. Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Inc. [1990] QB 391, 437B-G and 449B-D; and Dicey &......
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Sevcon Ltd v Lucas CAV Ltd
...Rubber Co. v. Firestone Tyre & Rubber Co. Ltd. [1975] 1 W.L.R. 819 founded on the decision of the Privy Council in Distillers Co. (Biochemicals) Ltd. v. Thompson [1971] A.C. 458, on the question whether a cause of action arose within a particular jurisdiction under the provision of a ......
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Base Metal Trading Ltd v Shamurin
...being intended to be acted upon in that forum and likely to cause damage there to those who in consequence place reliance on it. In Distillers Co. v. Thompson [1971] AC 458 an English company, Distillers, manufactured in England a sedative and sleep-inducing drug the principal ingredient of......
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Multinational Gas and Petrochemical Company v Multinational Gas and Petrochemical Services Ltd
...(by which was meant prepare) financial estimates and forecasts which were inadequate. Following what Lord Pearson said in Distillers Co. (Biochemicals) Ltd. v. Thompson [1971] A.C. 458 at page 468 I look back over the series of events alleged to constitute the tort and ask myself the quest......
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2 books & journal articles
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Choice of Law in Tort—Blending in with the Landscape of the Conflict of Laws?
...to serve out. Thecase for rejection of the dictum in The Albaforth46is stronger than ever.41 [1986] AC 71.42 A. Briggs, n 1 above, 524.43 [1971] AC 458.44 [1980] 1 WLR 1248.45 s 12, n 73 below.46 Text to n 40 above.January 1998] Choice of Law in TortThe Modern Law Review Limited 1998 Even w......
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Neilson v Overseas Projects Corporation of Victoria Ltd: renvoi and presumptions about foreign law.
...QB 674. (90) See, eg, Keyes, 'The Doctrine of Renvoi in International Torts', above n 64, 6. (91) Neilson (2005) 221 ALR 213, 239. (92) [1971] AC 458, 468 (Lord Pearson) ('Distillers Case'). This test was approved and applied by the High Court of Australia in Voth v Manildra Flour Mills Pty......