Princess Paley Olga v Weisz

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1929
CourtCourt of Appeal
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  • IPOC International Growth Fund Ltd v LV Finance Group Ltd
    • British Virgin Islands
    • Court of Appeal (British Virgin Islands)
    • 18 Junio 2007
    ...27 43 I agree with the submission by learned counsel for LV Finance that the present case is not the same as Luther v Sagor28 or Princess Paley Olga v Weisz, 29 which are about the validity of acts of expropriation by a foreign friendly sovereign state in accordance with its law. Rather, th......
  • Re Claim by Helbert Wagg and Company Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 8 Diciembre 1955
  • Williams and Humbert Ltd v W. & H. Trade Marks (Jersey) Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 12 Diciembre 1985
    ...to vest individual property in the state as representing all the citizens is the best form of proprietary right." 20 Similarly, in Princess Paley Olga v. Weisz [1929] 1 K.B. 718 the plaintiff unsuccessfully sought to recover heirlooms formerly belonging to her in Russia. Russell L.J. said a......
  • De Be‚che v South American Stores (Gath & Chaves) Ltd, and the Chilian Stores (Gath and Chaves) Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 11 Diciembre 1934
    ...not merely to their own views of the foreign law, but to the interpretation put upon it by a competent foreign authority (see Princess Paley Olga v. Weisz [1929] 1 K.B. 22In my opinion we ought not to disagree with the conclusion arrived at by the competent authority in Chile, or to differ......
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2 books & journal articles
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    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 1993, December 1993
    • 1 Diciembre 1993
    ...legislature) of a foreign government which has been recognised by the English Government - see inter aliaPrincess Paley Olga v. Weisz[1929] 1 K.B. 718 and Luther v. Sagor[1921] 3 K.B. 532; and (c) that where parties have agreed to submit their disputes to the courts of a foreign state for r......
  • Foreign states in Australian courts.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 29 No. 3, December 2005
    • 1 Diciembre 2005
    ...(82) [1921] 3 KB 532 ('Luther v Sagor'). (83) Ibid 545-6 (Bankes LJ), 555-6 (Scrutton LJ). (84) See also Princess Paley Olga v Weisz [1929] 1 KB 718. (85) [1997] FCA 379 (Unreported, Tamberlin J, 15 May (86) 168 US 250, 252 (Fuller CJ) (1897). (87) Buck v A-G (UK) [1965] Ch 745; Dubai Bank ......

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