Occidental Worldwide Investment Corporation v Skibs A/S Avanti (Siboen, Sibotre)
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Court | Queen's Bench Division |
| Judgment Date | 1976 |
| Year | 1976 |
| Date | 1976 |
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...but the doctrine was first discussed by Kerr J in Occidental Worldwide Investment Corporation v Skibs (The Sibeon & The Sibotre) [1976] 1 Lloyds Rep 29315, where he held that where coercion of the will is found to exists on the facts of a case, it vitiates consent and coerced party should b......
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Burmah Oil Company Ltd v Governor and Company of the Bank of England
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2 firm's commentaries
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The Final Word On Lawful Act Duress?
...a basis for obtaining restitution of non-contractual payments). However, in Occidental Worldwide Investment Corpn v Skibs A/S Avanti [1976] 1 Lloyd's Rep 293, Kerr J the submission that 'English law only knows duress to the person and duress to goods'. Similarly, in North Ocean Shipping Co ......
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The Final Word On Lawful Act Duress?
...a basis for obtaining restitution of non-contractual payments). However, in Occidental Worldwide Investment Corpn v Skibs A/S Avanti [1976] 1 Lloyd's Rep 293, Kerr J the submission that 'English law only knows duress to the person and duress to goods'. Similarly, in North Ocean Shipping Co ......
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Duress, Undue Influence, and Unconscionability
...Pao On , above note 9 at 617. 30 See Occidental Worldwide Investment Corp v Skibs A/S Avanti ( sub nom The Siboen and The Sibotre ), [1976] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 293 (QB); North Ocean Shipping , above note 11. 31 It seems, however, that “economic duress” is not restricted in its scope to threatened......
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EQUITY AND OPPORTUNISM IN THE LAW OF CONTRACT:
...165. 178Occidental Worldwide Investment Corp v Skibs A/S Avainti, Skibs A/S Glarona, Skibs A/S Navalis (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......
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FRESH CONSIDERATION RULE: INSIGHTS FROM ITS RESURRECTION IN QUACH V MITRUX SERVICES LTD.
...AC 614, [1979] 3 All ER 65, [1979] UKPC 17 [Pao On]. See also Occidental Worldwide Investment v Skibs (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 ......
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Duress, commercial pressure and the modern law
...could in law be regarded as a coercion of the will so as to vitiate his consent' (quoting Kerr J. in The Siboen and The Sibotre [1976] 1 Lloyd's Rep 293 at 336).... In determining whether there was a coercion of will and that there was no true consent, it is material to inquire whether the ......
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