Reardon Smith Line Ltd v Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Agostino Bertani, Cape Rodney, Queen City, Riverton)
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judge | Viscount Radcliffe,Lord Cohen,Lord Keith of Avonholm,Lord Evershed,Lord Devlin |
| Judgment Date | 07 February 1963 |
| Judgment citation (vLex) | [1963] UKHL J0207-1 |
| Date | 07 February 1963 |
| Court | House of Lords |
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MUR Shipping BV v RTI Ltd
...v Fenwick and of the House of Lords in the “ Vancouver Strikes” case ( Reardon Smith Line Ltd v Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food [1963] AC 691). Because the issue was of general application, the answer was not to be found in a close textual analysis of clause 36. The principle was ......
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BP Oil International Ltd v Target Shipping Ltd [QBD (Comm)]
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The English Court Of Appeal Finds That Accepting Non-contractual Performance Would Have Overcome A Force Majeure Event
...or more parties. Footnote 1 Bulman v Fenwick & Co [1894] 1 QB 179; and Reardon Smith Line Ltd v Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food [1963] AC 691 (known as "Vancouver Visit us at mayerbrown.com Mayer Brown is a global legal services provider comprising legal practices that are separat......
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Cleary Gottlieb Discusses the Context for Analyzing Force Majeure Clauses in the UK
...the cases of Bulman & Dickson v Fenwick & Co [1894] 1 QB 179 and Reardon Smith Line Ltd v Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food [1963] AC 691 provided strong implicit support for MUR’s case. Analysis General approach to force majeure clauses A highly significant aspect coming out of t......
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Force Majeure And The Limits Of Reasonableness In MUR Shipping BV v RTI LTD1
...LTD [2022] EWHC 467 (Comm) 2 Bulman & Dickson v Fenwick & Co [1894] 1 Q.B. 179 3 Reardon Smith Line Ltd v Ministry of Agriculture, et al. [1963] AC 691 4 Reardon Smith Line v Ministry of International Quarterly is produced quartely by Fenwick Elliott LLP, the leading specialist construction......
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NOMINATION OF PORTS BY THE VOYAGE CHARTERER
...from delivering wheat as well. The contract is discharged. See Reardon Smith Line Ltd. v. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food[1963] 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 12, at p. 35; [1963] 1 A.C. 691, at p. 729. 19. (1872) L.R. 4 P.C. 171. 20. Ibid., at p. 181. 21. Ibid., at p. 182. 22. Supra, note 5, a......