Re Mahmoud and Ispahani

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1921
Year1921
CourtCourt of Appeal
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89 cases
  • Strongman (1945) Ltd v Sincock
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal
    • 12 July 1955
    ...on his part disabling him from that remedy. 7 Mr. Dingle Foot referred us to the observations of this Court in the case of In re Mahmoud v, Ispahani, 1921, 2 King's Bench, page 716.On a consideration of that case it seems to me the Court only decided that no action lay upon the contract for......
  • Esso Standard Oil v Jose's Ltd
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 11 March 1999
    ...[1985] 1 All E.R. 303. (13) London & S.W. Ry. Co. v. GommELR(1882), 20 Ch. D. 562; 51 L.J. Ch. 530. (14) Mahmoud and Ispahani, In re, [1921] 2 K.B. 716; [1921] All E.R. Rep. 217; (1921), 90 L.J.K.B. 821, distinguished. (15) Nelson v. NelsonUNK (1995), 132 Aust. L.R. 133; 184 C.L.R. 538, con......
  • Jose's Ltd v Esso Standard Oil SA Ltd
    • Cayman Islands
    • Court of Appeal (Cayman Islands)
    • 16 August 2000
    ...Stansfield & Sons v. Butterworth, [1948] 2 All E.R. 558; (1948), 64 T.L.R. 481, distinguished. (3) Mahmoud and Ispahani, In re, ELR[1921] 2 K.B. 716; [1921] All E.R. Rep. 217; (1921), 90 L.J.K.B. 821, distinguished. (4) Nelson v. NelsonUNK(1995), 184 C.L.R. 538; 132 Aust. L.R. 133, distingu......
  • ABDA Airfreight Sdn Bhd v Sistem Penerbangan Malaysia Bhd
    • Malaysia
    • High Court (Malaysia)
    • 1 January 2001
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7 books & journal articles
  • CONTRACTUAL ILLEGALITY AND CONFLICT OF LAWS
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 1995, December 1995
    • 1 December 1995
    ...case where the relevant statute properly construed provided otherwise, see Batu Pahat Bank Ltd. v. Official Assignee[1933] A.C. 691. 49 [1921] 2 K.B. 716. See also Yango Pastoral Co. Pty. Ltd. v. First Chicago Australia Ltd.(1978) 139 C.L.R. 410. 50 The rule by which contracts not expressly......
  • VITIATING FACTORS IN CONTRACT LAW — THE INTERACTION OF THEORY AND PRACTICE
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 1998, December 1998
    • 1 December 1998
    ...added). 373 [1988] QB 216. 374 Because the court in fact held that there had been no contravention of the statute to begin with. 375 [1921] 2 KB 716. 376 [1961] 1 QB 374. 377 [1988] QB 216 at 273 (emphasis added). 378 This is an important point, as will be sought to be demonstrated in the d......
  • REFORMING ILLEGALITY IN PRIVATE LAW
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2009, December 2009
    • 1 December 2009
    ...research assistance. 1 A dishonourable cause does not give rise to an action. 2 Well-known examples include Re Mahmoud and Ispahani[1921] 2 KB 716; Chai Sau Yin v Liew Kwee Sam[1962] AC 304; Mohamed v Alaga & Co[1998] 2 All ER 720. 3 G Virgo, The Principles of the Law of Restitution (Oxford......
  • VITIATING FACTORS IN CONTRACT LAW — SOME KEY CONCEPTS AND DEVELOPMENTS
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2005, December 2005
    • 1 December 2005
    ...287). 279 [1988] QB 216 (“the Phoenix General Insurance case”). 280 Ibid at 273. 281 In re an Arbitration between Mahmond and Ispahani [1921] 2 KB 716. 282 [1961] 1 QB 374. 283 See Phang, supra n 272, at paras 5.20 and 5.23, and, by the same writer, supra n 1, at 67—69. 284 Because the cour......
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