North Ocean Shipping Company Ltd v Hyundai Construction Company Ltd
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 1978 |
| Date | 1978 |
| Court | Queen's Bench Division |
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Basanta-Henry, Audrey and Others v National Commercial Bank Jamaica Ltd
...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 ......
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Heritage Travel and Tourism Ltd v Lars Windhorst
...edn, OUP 2020) ch 10.2(d). 17 Beale and others, Chitty on Contracts (33 rd edn, Sweet & Maxwell 2018) at [8–054]; North Ocean Shipping Co Ltd v Hyundai Construction Co Ltd [1979] QB 705 at 719–720, per Mocatta 18 [2014] EWHC 3049 (Ch) at [132]–[134] and [894]–[895], per Hildyard J. 19 Tim......
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Dimskal Shipping Company SA v International Transport Workers Federation (The Evia Luck)
...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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Universe Tankships Inc. of Monrovia v International Transport Workers Federation (Marine)
...Worldwide Investment Corporation v. Skibs A/S Avanti [1976] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 293, the other by Mocatta J. in North Ocean Shipping Co. Ltd. v. Hyundai Construction Co. Ltd. [1979] Q.B. 705, which traces the development of this branch of the law from its origin in the eighteenth and early nin......
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2 firm's commentaries
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The Final Word On Lawful Act Duress?
...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......
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The Final Word On Lawful Act Duress?
...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......
6 books & journal articles
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Contract formation
...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......
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Duress, Undue Influence, and Unconscionability
...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......
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EQUITY AND OPPORTUNISM IN THE LAW OF CONTRACT:
...(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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FRESH CONSIDERATION RULE: INSIGHTS FROM ITS RESURRECTION IN QUACH V MITRUX SERVICES LTD.
...(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......
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