Petrograde Inc. and another v Smith and Others

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date08 December 1998
Date08 December 1998
CourtQueen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
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  • St Vincent European General Partner Ltd v Bruce Robinson (and Others)
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 17 November 2016
    ...court has jurisdiction: see eg Canada Trust Co v Stolzenberg (No 2) [1998] 1 WLR 547 at 566, affmd [2002] 1 AC 1; Petrotrade v Smith [1999] 1 WLR 457, QB, at 464; Freeport v Arnoldson Case C/98/06 [2008] QB 634, ECJ, at [54]; Per Linuzs v Latmar Holdings [2013] EWCA Civ 4 at 9 See eg Equi......
  • (1) Yukos International UK BV v Dmitri Merinson
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 27 February 2018
    ...jurisdiction: see Canada Trust Co v Stolzenberg (No 2) [1998] 1 WLR 547 at 566 (CA), affmd [2002] 1 AC 1; Petrotrade v Smith [1999] 1 WLR 457 at 464 (QB); Freeport v Arnoldsson C-98/06 [2008] QB 634 (ECJ) at [54]; and Per Linuzs v Latmar Holdings [2013] EWCA Civ 4 at [30] (“the relevant......
  • Trafalgar Multi Asset Trading Company Ltd ((in Liquidation)) v James David Hadley
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 19 May 2023
    ...inquiry as that”: [ Parker v McKenna (1874) 10 Ch App 96 at 124–125, [1874–80] All ER Rep 443 at 456].’” 278 In Petrotrade v Smith [2000] 1 Lloyd's Rep 486 (“ Petrotrade”) David Steel J provided the following definition of a bribe under the civil law: “For the purposes of the civil law a b......
  • Kensington International Ltd v Republic of Congo
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 7 November 2007
    ...Company v India Rubber (1875) L.R. 10 Ch. App. 515, Mahesan v Malaysia Housing Society [1979] A.C. 374 and Petrotrade v Smith [2000] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 486. For my own part I agree with Mr. Nash that it does not necessarily follow from the fact that offences under the 1889 and 1906 Acts do no......
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  • Bribes and the remedy of Tracing
    • United Kingdom
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    • 7 April 2016
    ...civil law treats a bribe is therefore of relevance to the worldwide business community. What is a Bribe? In Petrotrade Inc v Smith [2000] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 486 para 16 David Steel J defined a bribe as "For the purposes of the civil law a bribe means the payment of a secret commission, which onl......

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