Distillers Company (Biochemicals) Ltd v Thompson

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1971
Year1971
Date1971
CourtPrivy Council
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  • Sevcon Ltd v Lucas CAV Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • April 17, 1986
    ...and 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 N......
  • Morin v Bonhams & Brooks Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • December 18, 2003
    ...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 & ......
  • Base Metal Trading Ltd v Shamurin
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • October 22, 2003
    ...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 which was thal......
  • Multinational Gas and Petrochemical Company v Multinational Gas and Petrochemical Services Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • February 16, 1983
    ...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 question: "Where in substance did this cause......
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  • Jurisdictional Rule "x" in the Conflict of Laws: Challenges of Policy and Security in Internet Torts With Business Implications
    • United States
    • University of Georgia School of Law Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law No. 51-2, 2023
    • Invalid date
    ...matters. Distillers itself was decided long before the Internet was established. Distillers Co. (Biochemicals) Ltd. v. Thompson [1971] AC 458 (Eng.). Developing countries, searching for sustainable technology-compatible solutions, need to carefully consider such nuances.390. This will help ......
  • Choice of law in Australian torts or the truth about conflicts
    • Barbados
    • Caribbean Law Review No. 13-1, June 2003
    • June 1, 2003
    ...an article which defamed a person. 33 The judges 30. (2000) 203 CLR 53 at 538. 31. See, for example, Distillers (Biochemicals) v Thomson [1971] AC 458; Buttigeig v Universal Terminal and Stevedoring Corporation [1972] VR 626; Macgregor v Application des Gaz [1976] Qd R175; Jacobs v Australi......
  • Choice of Law in Tort—Blending in with the Landscape of the Conflict of Laws?
    • United Kingdom
    • Wiley The Modern Law Review No. 61-1, January 1998
    • January 1, 1998
    ...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......
  • Edwards v Blomeley; Harriton v Stephens; Waller v James: wrongful life actions in Australia.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 26 No. 3, December 2002
    • December 1, 2002
    ...(Clarke JA). (16) [2002] NSWSC 460 (Unreported, Studdert J, 12 June 2002) [63]. (17) See, eg, Distillers Co (Biochemicals) Ltd v Thompson [1971] AC 458. (18) [1982] QB 1166, 1178 (Stephenson (19) Harriton [2002] NSWSC 461 (Unreported, Studdert J, 12 June 2002) [15]. (20) See, eg, Bennett v ......
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