Lemenda Trading Company Ltd v African Middle East Petroleum Company Ltd

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

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  • Illegality
    • United Kingdom
    • Oxford University Press Books and Journals Contract Law in Practice Part V. Illegality and Public Policy
    • Invalid date
    ...Act 1889, and the Prevention of Corruption Act 1916). 27 Phillips J had grappled with this problem in Lemenda Trading Co Ltd v African Middle East Petroleum Co Ltd [1988] QB 448. 28 [2017] EWCA Civ 1567, [2017] 2 CLC 584, [2017] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 621 (Lord Briggs, Hamblen LJ; Gloster LJ Outline......
  • Chapter 15: Conflict of Laws 1
    • United Kingdom
    • Taylor and Francis Sale of Goods
    • Invalid date
    ...Barclays Bank [1954] A.C. 495. 450 Montefiore v. Menday Motor Components Co. Ltd [1918] 2 K.B. 241. 451 Lemenda Trading Co. Ltd v. African Middle East Petroleum Co. Ltd [1988] Q.B. 448 (English law contract which was also contrary to the public policy of the place of performance (Qatar) and......
  • Chapter III: Recognition and Enforcement of Certain Foreign Awards
    • United Kingdom
    • Taylor and Francis Merkin and Flannery on the Arbitration Act 1996
    • Invalid date
    ...bribery issue. On one point, however, it seems that all three judges were agreed: it was described by both Waller and Mantell LJJ as the ‘Lemenda point’, 343 after the 1988 decision in Lemenda Trading Co Ltd v African Middle East Petroleum Co Ltd. 344 In that case, Phillips J was considerin......
  • 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......
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