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Re Claim by Helbert Wagg and Company Ltd

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JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date08 December 1955
Date08 December 1955
CourtChancery Division
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64 cases
  • Nevsun Resources Ltd. v. Araya, 2020 SCC 5
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • 28 February 2020
    ...municipal law or executive act if it is contrary to public policy, or to international law (cf. In re Helbert Wagg & Co. Ltd’s Claim [1956] Ch. 323) and quite another to claim that the courts may examine the validity, under international law or some doctrine of public policy, of an act ......
  • Kuwait Airways Corp. v. Iraqi Airways Co. et al., (2002) 291 N.R. 1 (HL)
    • Canada
    • 16 May 2002
    ...A.C. 613, refd to. [para. 127]. McGhee v. National Coal Board, [1973] 1 W.L.R. 1, refd to. [para. 127]. Wagg (Helbert) & Co., Re, [1956] Ch. 323, refd to. [para. 139]. Phillips v. Eyre (1870), L.R. 6 Q.B. 1, refd to. [paras. 152, 182]. Warren v. Warren, [1972] Qd. R. 386 (Aust.), refd t......
  • Sabah Gas Industries Sdn Bhd v Trans Samudera Lines (S) Sdn Bhd
    • Malaysia
    • High Court (Malaysia)
    • 1 January 1993
  • Kutchera v Buckingham International Holdings Ltd
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 1 March 1988
    ...SHIPPING CO LTD 1939 AC 277 BOISSEVAIN V WEIL 1949 1 KB 482 1950 AC 387 TZORSZIS V MONARCH LINE 1968 1 WLR 406 HERBERT WAGG & CO, IN RE 1956 CH 323 UNTERWESER REEDERI V ZAPATA OFF-SHORE CO 1968 2 LlLR 158 MACKENDER & ORS V FELDIA AG & ORS 1967 2 QB 590 LIMERICK CORPORATION V CROMPTON 19......
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8 books & journal articles
  • THE EFFECTIVE REACH OF CHOICE OF LAW AGREEMENTS
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2008, December 2008
    • 1 December 2008
    ...18 [1939] AC 277 (PC, Nova Scotia) at 289—290. 19 Boissevain v Weil [1949] 1 KB 482 (CA) at 491 (Denning LJ); Re Helbert Wagg & Co Ltd[1956] Ch 323 at 341 (Upjohn J); The Fehmarn[1958] 1 WLR 159 at 162 (Lord Denning). 20 For a strong modern reaffirmation of the effect of the choice of the p......
  • CONTRACTUAL ILLEGALITY AND CONFLICT OF LAWS
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 1995, December 1995
    • 1 December 1995
    ...Law (1987) 11th ed. at pp. 456 and 457. 32 See Re Chesterman’s Trusts[1923] 2 Ch. 466 at 478, Re Helbert Wagg & Co. Ltd.’s Claim[1956] Ch. 323 at 341 and 342 and Rossano v. Manufacturer’s Life Insurance Co. Ltd.[1963] 2 Q.B. 352 at 362. 33 [1950] A.C. 57. 34 [1950] A.C. 24. 35 For a recent ......
  • Choice-of-law Agreements in International Contracts
    • United States
    • University of Georgia School of Law Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law No. 50-1, 2021
    • Invalid date
    ...would be discriminatory and in violation of either bilateral treaties or customary international law.158. See In re Helbert Wagg & Co. [1956] Ch. 323, 341 (QB) (English High Ct.) (court will not necessarily enforce choice-of-law clause selecting law with no connection to transaction); Ansel......
  • Foreign sovereign immunity in the caribbean: a case for legislative intervention
    • United States
    • Georgetown Journal of International Law No. 53-1, October 2021
    • 1 October 2021
    ...to a foreign municipal law or executive act if it is contrary to public policy, or to international law ( cf Re Helbert Wagg & Co Ltd [1956] 1 All ER 129, [1956] Ch 323) and quite another to claim that the courts may examine the validity, under international law, or some doctrine of public ......
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