Ralli Brothers v Compania Naviera Sota y Aznar

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date26 March 1920
Date26 March 1920
CourtCourt of Appeal
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4 firm's commentaries
  • The Sandline Affair Illegality And International Law*
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 20 July 2001
    ...of a foreign state could not so act without legislation, whereas mercenary forces could be authorised by an executive decision. 7.[1920] 2 King's Bench 287; see also R v International Trustee for the Protection of Bondholders AG [1937] Appeal Cases 500 per Lord Wright at 519; Regazzoni v KC......
  • Sanctions Risk: Drafting Contracts to Avoid ‘Double Jeopardy’
    • United Kingdom
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    • 3 October 2019
    ...under English law or under the law of the place where the contract is to be performed (Ralli Brothers v. Campania Naviera Sota Y Aznar [1920] 2 KB 287). Neither of those rules applied in this case. Cynergy was therefore potentially exposed to ‘double jeopardy’, the first well-known example ......
  • Sanctions Risk: Drafting Contracts To Avoid ‘Double Jeopardy'
    • United States
    • Mondaq United States
    • 14 October 2019
    ...under English law or under the law of the place where the contract is to be performed (Ralli Brothers v. Campania Naviera Sota Y Aznar [1920] 2 KB 287). Neither of those rules applied in this case. Cynergy was therefore potentially exposed to 'double jeopardy', the first well-known example ......
  • Dana Gas Sukuk: A red herring or cause for concern?
    • United Kingdom
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    • 10 August 2017
    ...(ii) performance of such obligation would be unlawful in the foreign jurisdiction (see, e.g. Ralli Bros v Compania Naviera Sota y Asnar [1920] 2 KB 287). In Dana Gas's circumstances, the onus should be on it to prove both that the Purchase Undertaking is to be performed in the UAE and that ......
13 books & journal articles
  • CONTRACTUAL ILLEGALITY AND CONFLICT OF LAWS
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 1995, December 1995
    • 1 December 1995
    ...of the operation of the rule in Foster v. Driscoll[1929] 1 K.B. 470 and the rule in Ralli Brothers v. Compania Naviera Sota y Aznar[1920] 2 K.B. 287. 14 Chapter 97, 1990 Edition. 15 See Amalgamated Steel Mills Bhd. v. Ingeback (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. [1990] 2 M.L.J. 374. 16 See Lloyd v. Guiber......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive Conflict of Laws
    • 8 September 2010
    ........................................................................................ 455 Ralli Bros. v. Compania Naviera Sota y Aznar, [1920] 2 K.B. 287 (C.A.) .......... 284 Ramsay v. Liverpool Royal Inf‌irmary, [1930] A.C. 588 (H.L.) ............................ 16 Ramsay-Fairfax v. Rams......
  • Bank Account Operation
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive Bank and Customer Law in Canada
    • 8 September 2007
    ...it suff‌icient content to be a distinct qualif‌ication to Tournier . In England, 337 Ralli Brothers v. Compania Naviera Sota y Aznar , [1920] 2 K.B. 287 (C.A.). 338 For greater discussion, see Ogilvie, above note 71 at 680–84; Ellinger et al ., above note 174 at 159–66. 339 Above note 313 a......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Bank and Customer Law in Canada. Second Edition
    • 19 June 2013
    ...Bank plc, [1988] F.L.R. 1 (C.A.) .............................................. 286 Ralli Brothers v. Compania Naviera Sota y Aznar, [1920] 2 K.B. 287 (C.A.) .............................................................................. 330 Ramias v. Johnson, 2009 ABQB 386227 ....................
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