Kum v Wah Tat Bank Ltd (Hua Heng, Hua Li)

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CourtPrivy Council
Judgment Date1971
Year1971
Date1971

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15 cases
  • JI MacWilliam Company Inc. v Mediterranean Shipping Company Sa (the Rafaela S)
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 16 February 2005
    ..."negotiable" in the somewhat inaccurate sense in which that term is used in this context: Kum and Another v Wah Tat Bank Limited [1971] 1 Lloyd's Rep 439, 446. But if this document was a mere receipt or sea waybill there was no purpose in following the traditional practice of issuing more ......
  • Borealis AB v Stargas Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 22 March 2001
    ...of transferring the endorser's right to the possession of the goods to the endorsee. ( Lickbarrow v Mason (1794) 5 Term Rep 683; Kum v Wah Tat Bank [1971] 1 Lloyd's 439, at pp.446–9, per Lord Devlin.) What effect this would have on the title to the goods depended on the circumstances and th......
  • J I MacWilliam Company Inc. v Mediterranean Shipping Company SA
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 16 April 2003
    ...way, of course, the property passes when the documents are taken up." 79 This question was further discussed in the Privy Council in Kum v. Wah Tat Bank Ltd [1971] AC 439 at 446. The documents in that case were mate's receipts stated to be consigned to a named consignee and marked "non—nego......
  • Vitol S.A. v Phibro Energy A.G. (Mathraki)
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • Invalid date
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