North Ocean Shipping Company Ltd v Hyundai Construction Company Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtQueen's Bench Division
Judgment Date1978
Year1978
Date1978

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62 cases
  • Basanta-Henry, Audrey and Others v National Commercial Bank Jamaica Ltd
    • Jamaica
    • Supreme Court (Jamaica)
    • 20 December 2004
    ...Counsel posited that Stilk v Myrick had been held to still be good law as recently as in 1978 in the case NORTH OCEAN SHIPPING CO. LTD. v HYUNDAI CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. [1978] 3 All E.R. 1170, and continues to be good law in Jamaica. Claimants' counsel rejects this submission and points to ......
  • Burmah Oil Company Ltd v Governor and Company of the Bank of England
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • Invalid date
    ... ... 683 ; 41 L.Ed. 2d 1039 ... North Ocean Shipping Co. Ltd. v. Hyundai Construction Co. Ltd ... ...
  • Times Travel (UK) Ltd v Pakistan International Airlines Corporation
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 14 May 2019
    ...commercial cases: Occidental Worldwide Investment Corp v Skibbs A/S Avanti [1976] 1 Lloyd's Rep 293 and North Ocean Shipping Co Ltd v Hyundai Construction Co Ltd [1979] QB 705. In the first of these cases, a charterer of vessels alleged that it had no substantial assets and threatened that ......
  • Dimskal Shipping Company SA v International Transport Workers Federation (The Evia Luck)
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 7 November 1991
    ...Corporation v. Skibs, A/S Avanti (The Siboen and the Sibotre) [1976] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 293, of Mocatta J. in North Ocean Shipping Co. Ltd. v. Hyundai Construction Co. Ltd. [1979] Q.B. 705, and of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in Pao On v. Lau Yiu Long [1980] A.C. 614, that limita......
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2 firm's commentaries
  • The Final Word On Lawful Act Duress?
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 19 November 2021
    ...law only knows duress to the person and duress to goods'. Similarly, in North Ocean Shipping Co Ltd v Hyundai Construction Co Ltd [1979] QB 705, Mocatta J said 'compulsion may take the form of 'economic duress' if the necessary facts are proved. A threat to break a contract may amount to su......
  • The Final Word On Lawful Act Duress?
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 19 November 2021
    ...law only knows duress to the person and duress to goods'. Similarly, in North Ocean Shipping Co Ltd v Hyundai Construction Co Ltd [1979] QB 705, Mocatta J said 'compulsion may take the form of 'economic duress' if the necessary facts are proved. A threat to break a contract may amount to su......
9 books & journal articles
  • Contract formation
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume I - Third Edition
    • 13 April 2020
    ...Contractors Pty Ltd v Everett [2018] QSC 228 at [294]f, per Henry J. Cf North Ocean Shipping Co Ltd v Hyundai Construction Co Ltd [1979] 1 QB 705 at 712–714, per Mocatta J. 210 New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd v AM Satterthwaite & Co Ltd (he Eurymedon) [1975] AC 154 at 168 (PC); Pao On v Lau Yiu......
  • Duress, Undue Influence, and Unconscionability
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Contracts. Third Edition Vitiating Factors
    • 4 August 2020
    ...of Contracts 2d ]. 11 See, for example, North Ocean Shipping Co Ltd v Hyundai Construction Co Ltd (sub nom The Atlantic Baron) , [1979] QB 705 at 720 [ North Ocean Shipping ]; THE L AW OF CONTR ACTS 408 duress are voidable rather than void is that third parties who have, in good faith, reli......
  • FRESH CONSIDERATION RULE: INSIGHTS FROM ITS RESURRECTION IN QUACH V MITRUX SERVICES LTD.
    • Canada
    • University of British Columbia Law Review Vol. 54 No. 2, September 2021
    • 15 September 2021
    ...(The Siboen and The Sibotre), [1976] 1 Lloyd's Rep 293 (QB); North Ocean Shipping Co v Hyundai Construction Co (The Atlantic Baron), [1979] 1 QB 705, 3 WLR 419. These cases also dealt with economic duress, but are lesser referenced than Pao (116) See e.g. Ronald Elwyn Lister Ltd et al v Dun......
  • EQUITY AND OPPORTUNISM IN THE LAW OF CONTRACT:
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2018, December 2018
    • 1 December 2018
    ...(The Siboen and the Sibotre)[1976] 1 Lloyd's Rep 293. 179[1980] AC 614. 180North Ocean Shipping Co Ltd v Hyundai Construction Co Ltd[1979] QB 705. 181(1860) 2 Giff 166; (1860) 2 De G F & J 333. 182North Ocean Shipping Co Ltd v Hyundai Construction Co Ltd[1979] QB 705 at 719. 183 The Court o......
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