Pioneer Shipping Ltd v B.T.P. Tioxide Ltd (Nema)
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judge | Lord Diplock,Lord Fraser of Tullybelton,Lord Russell of Killowen,Lord Keith of Kinkel,Lord Roskill |
| Judgment Date | 16 July 1981 |
| Judgment citation (vLex) | [1981] UKHL J0716-1 |
| Date | 16 July 1981 |
| Court | House of Lords |
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3V Benelux BV v Safecharge Card Services Ltd
...blush a bit surprising, but it is based on sound principle. 55 As was explained by Lord Roskill in Pioneer Shipping v. B.T.P Tioxide [1982] A.C. 724 at 752, while in the ultimate analysis whether a contract was frustrated is a question of law “that conclusion is almost completely determine......
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Jim Kas, Frank Faibison, Michael Jim and Rodney Tongau v The State (1999) SC772
...Geno, Paul Lawton and Florien Mambu v The Independent State of Papua New Guinea [1993] PNGLR 22, Pioneer Shipping Ltd v BTP Tioxide Ltd [1982] AC 724, Antaios Compania Naviera SA v Salen Rederierna AB [1985] AC 191, In re Moresby North East Election Petition; Patterson Lowa v Goasa Damena [......
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4 firm's commentaries
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Commercial Contracts Governed By English Law: How To Get Out Of Your Obligations, Or Make Sure Your Opponent Keeps To Theirs!
...AC 435 39 See e.g. Jackson v Union Marine Insurance Co Ltd (1874) L.R. 10 C.P. 125 40 Pioneer Shipping Ltd v BTP Tioxide Ltd (The Nema) [1982] AC 724 41 See e.g. Hall v wright [1859] 120 E.R. 695. 42 Metropolitan Water Board v Dick Kerr & Co [1918] A.C. 119; see also Fibrosa Spolka Akcyjna ......
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COVID-19 – Issues Affecting Performance Of Contractual Obligations In Construction Contracts: A Comparison Between English And Malaysian Law
...See, for example, Jackson v Union Marine Insurance Co Ltd (1874) L.R. 10 C.P. 125. 54 Pioneer Shipping Ltd v BTP Tioxide Ltd (The Nema) [1982] AC 724. 55 See, for example, Hall v wright [1859] 120 E.R. 695. 25 works in practice, a European Union agency’s lease in London was held not to be f......
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Possible Impact Of A Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic On Contractual Obligations
...here. Available here. National Carriers Ltd v Panalpina (Northern) Ltd [1981] AC 675. Pioneer Shipping Ltd v BTP Tioxide Ltd (The Nema) [1982] AC 724; Lee Chee Wei v Tan Hor Peow Victor [2007] SGCA Li Ching Wing v Xuan Yi Xiong [2004] 1 HKLRD 754: it concerns the impact of a 10-day isolatio......
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Escape Routes From Aviation Contracts ' COVID-19, Frustration And Force Majeure
...may be out of action, how long must a party wait before concluding that a contract dependent on them has been frustrated? In The Nema [1982] A.C. 724, at 752, Lord Roskill proclaimed that "business men must not be required to await events too long" and proposed a test "based upon all the ev......
8 books & journal articles
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Public‐Private Arbitration and the Public Interest under English Law
...less onerous, it has principally been developed in light of the172 See Pioneer Shipping Ltd vBTP Tioxide Ltd (The Nema) (No 2) [1982] AC 724. See also LordThomas of Cwmgiedd, n 165 above at [19]-[20].173 Marklands Ltd vVirgin Retail Ltd [2003] EWHC 3428 (Ch). See also Universal Petroleum Co......
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Making Lease Payments a Lessor Problem
...the event which has occurred so that the doctrine of frustration is thereby excluded.").65. See Pioneer Shipping Ltd. v. BTP Tioxide Ltd. [1982] AC 724 (HL) 752, https://www.iclr.co.uk/document/1971003471/casereport_37805/html ("[T]he doctrine is not lightly to be invoked to relieve contrac......
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THE SAFE PORT PROMISE OF CHARTERERS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE ENGLISH COMMON LAW
...Navegacion SA v President of India (The Apiliotis) [1985] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 255. 8 Pioneer Shipping Ltd v BTP Tioxide Ltd (The Nema) [1982] AC 724 at 744, per Lord Diplock; see D Rhidian Thomas, Law and Practice of Appeals from Arbitration Awards (LLP, 1994) at para 5.2.5. 9 Compania Naviera Ma......
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Sufficiency of Reasons in Arbitration Awards
...in Bremer Handelsgesellschaft mbH v Westzuker GmbH (No 2) 28 that: 22 Ibid 23. 23 Ibid 36. 24 Ibid 45. 25 Pioneer Shipping v BTP Tioxide [1982] AC 724, 739 ( ‘The Nema’) . 26 Westport Insurance Corporation v Gordian Runoff Ltd [2011] HCA 37, 53. 27 Ibid 53. 28 Bremer Handelsgesellschaft mbH......
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