Harbottle (R.D.) (Mercantile) Ltd v National Westminster Bank Ltd; Harbottle Coal Company Ltd v National Westminster Bank Ltd
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 1977 |
| Date | 1977 |
| Court | Queen's Bench Division |
-
- This document is available in original version only for vLex customers
View this document and try vLex for 7 days - TRY VLEX
- This document is available in original version only for vLex customers
129 cases
-
Solo Industries UK Ltd v Canara Bank
...challenges to the propriety of demands made under such instruments were permitted. The quoted phrase comes from R.D. Harbottle (Mercantile) Ltd. v. National Westminster Bank Ltd. [1978] 1 QB 146, 155G per Kerr J, cited and followed by this court in Edward Owen Engineering Ltd. v. Barclays B......
-
Royal Design Studio Pte Ltd v Chang Development Pte Ltd
...facts in this case.As a starting point, I need not go further than RD Harbottle (Mercantile) Ltd v National Westminster Bank Ltd & Or s [1978] QB 146. In that case, the plaintiff entered into three contracts with Egyptian buyers and each contract provided for a guarantee confirmed by a bank......
-
Czarnikow-Rionda Sugar Trading Inc. v Standard Bank London Ltd
...Re v Walbrook Insurance Co Ltd [1995] CLC 1532; [1996] 1 WLR 1152 Harbottle (R D) (Mercantile) Ltd v National Westminster Bank LtdELR [1978] QB 146 Kvaerner John Brown Ltd v Midland Bank plc [1998] CLC 446. Mareva Compania Naviera SA v International Bulkcarriers SAUNK [1975] 2 Ll Rep 509 Me......
-
Ouais Group Engineering & Contracting v Saipem Spa and Others
...Bank International Ltd [1978] QB 159 Lord Denning MR approved the statement of principle set out by Kerr J in R D Harbottle (Mercantile) Ltd v National Westminster Bank Ltd [1978] QB 146, at 155 to 156: "It is only in exceptional cases that the courts will interfere with the machinery of ......
Request a trial to view additional results
2 firm's commentaries
-
Letters of credit, on-demand bonds, and the "fraud exception"
...justification. _________________________ [1] [2014] UKPC 31. [2] See RD Harbottle (Mercantile) Ltd. v. National Westminster Bank [1978] QB 146. [3] (1941) NYS 2d 631. [4] [1978] QB 159. [5] [1984] 1 Lloyd's Rep 251. [6] See American Cyanamid Co. v. Ethicon Ltd. [1975] AC 396. [7] [1985] 2 L......
-
Demand Bonds - A Pound Of Flesh
...(1987) 42 BLR 110. The Merchant of Venice, Act 1 - Scene 3. R D Harbottle (Mercantile) Limited v National West Minister Bank Limited [1978] 1 QB 146. 13. Edward Owen Engineering Limited v Barclays Bank International Limited [1978] 1 QB 170: 6 BLR See Total SA (Pty) Limited v Bekker NO 1992 ......
7 books & journal articles
-
RESTRAINING A CALL ON A PERFORMANCE BOND: SHOULD ‘FRAUD OR UNCONSCIONABILITY’ BE THE NEW ORTHODOXY?
...Ltd v Barclays Bank International Ltd and Anor[1978] 1 QB 159, at 169; RD Harbottle Mercantile Ltd v National Westminster Bank Ltd[1978] 1 QB 146, at 155; Malaysia Overseas Investment Corp Sdn Bhd v Sri Segambut Supermarket Sdn Bhd[1986] 2 MLJ 382, at 384; Patel Holdings Sdn Bhd v Estet Pek......
-
Security for performance
...Sugar Australia Pty Ltd v Lend Lease Services Pty Ltd [2015] VSCa 98. 309 RD Harbottle (Mercantile) Ltd v National Westminster Bank Ltd [1978] QB 146 at 155, per Kerr LJ; Ergoline (Vic) Pty Ltd v Ergoline (Australia) Pty Ltd [2001] VSC 270 at [19], per Beach J; Ouais Group Engineering & Con......
-
TWO DECADES OF RESTRAINING UNCONSCIONABLE CALLS ON PERFORMANCE GUARANTEES
...Trade (1922) 11 Ll L Rep 168; Sztejin v J Henry Schroeder Banking Corp 31 NYS 2d 631 (1941); Harbottle v National Westminster Bank [1978] 1 QB 146; Edward Owen v Barclays Bank [1978] 1 QB 159. 45 Prof H N Bennett, “Autonomous Guarantees” in Benjamin‘s Sale of Goods (Michael Bridge ed) (Swee......
-
Demand Guarantees in the Construction Industry: Recent Developments in the Law Relating to the Fraud Exception to the Independence Principle
...Public Works v Zanbuild Construction’ (2013) 25(3) SAMerc LJ 404 at 410.7RD Harbottle (Mercantile) Ltd v National Westminster Bank Ltd 1977 (2) All ER 862 (QB)870b. The phrase was repeated, inter alia,inEdward Owen Engineering Ltd v Barclays BankInternational Ltd [1978] 1 All ER 976 (CA) 98......
Request a trial to view additional results