Glencore International AG v Metro Trading International Inc. (formerly Metro Bunkering and Trading Co) [QBD (Comm)]

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeMoore-Bick J
Judgment Date12 October 2000
Neutral Citation[2001] EWHC 490 (Comm)
CourtQueen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
Date12 October 2000

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    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 31 No. 2, August 2007
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    ...Smith J). On the application of foreign law more generally: see, eg, Glencore International AG v Metro Trading International Inc [2001] 1 Lloyd's Rep 284, 300 (Moore-Bick (137) [1954] 1 Ch 672, 692 (Evershed MR). (138) Ibid 709 (Jenkins L J). (139) A/S Tallinna Laevauhisus v Estonian State ......
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    ...188 CONFLICT OF LAWS 486 Glencore International A.G. v. Metro Trading International Inc., [2001] 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 284 ............................................................................ 334 Godard v. Gray (1870), L.R. 6 Q.B. 139 .............................................................
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