Lemenda Trading Company Ltd v African Middle East Petroleum Company Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1988
Date1988
CourtQueen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)

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  • CONTRACTUAL ILLEGALITY AND CONFLICT OF LAWS
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 1995, December 1995
    • 1 December 1995
    ...countries. See (1889) 42 Ch. D. at 325. See in this connection, Lemenda Trading Co. Ltd. v. African Middle East Petroleum Co. Ltd.[1988] 1 Q.B. 448. 75 [1939] A.C. 277. In this case, the Privy Council expressly disapproved of The Torni [1932] P.78.0 76 Even if the language of the Newfoundla......
  • Illegality
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Contracts. Third Edition Vitiating Factors
    • 4 August 2020
    ...necessary to deal with this issue. Two judges dissented on this point. See also Lemenda Trading Co v African Middle East Petroleum Co , [1988] QB 448 [ Lemenda Trading ]. 125 Neville v Dominion of Canada News Co Ltd , [1915] 3 KB 556. 126 Foster v Driscoll , [1929] 1 KB 470. See also Shiese......
  • Contract Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2016, December 2016
    • 1 December 2016
    ...Landesbank Girozentrale [1999] 3 SLR(R) 842 at [44]. 94 BCBC Singapore Pte Ltd v PT Bayan Resources TBK [2016] 4 SLR 1 at [178]. 95 [1988] QB 448. 96 [2000] QB 288. 97 [2009] 4 SLR(R) 602 at [63]. 98 (1888) 39 Ch D 339. 99 [2015] 5 SLR 1257 at [164]. 100 Phosagro Asia Pte Ltd v Piattchanine......
  • Constitutionalizing Procedure
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive Special Lectures 2001. Constitutional and Administrative Law
    • 31 August 2002
    ...upholding the enforceability of British patents in face of a U.S. antitrust ruling). 106 Lemenda Ltd. v. African Middle East Co., [1988] Q.B. 448 (H.C.), where international comity prevented a foreign law from being imposed contrary to English public policy; and Zeevi and Sons v. Grindlays ......
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