Sennar, The (No. 2) (Merawi)

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
JudgeLord Fraser of Tullybelton,Lord Diplock,Lord Roskill,Lord Bridge of Harwich,Lord Brandon of Oakbrook
Judgment Date21 March 1985
Judgment citation (vLex)[1985] UKHL J0321-4
CourtHouse of Lords
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220 cases
  • McCONNON v PRESIDENT of IRELAND
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 23 May 2012
    ...when under appeal - Whether issues could have been raised by way of defence to summary proceedings - New evidence - The Sennar (No 2) [1985] 1 WLR 490 and Deighan v Sunday Newspapers Ltd. [1987] NI 105 approved - Whether alleged tort of reckless lending existed - ICS Building Society v Gra......
  • The Indian Endurance [QBD (Admiralty)]
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Admiralty)
    • 23 May 1994
    ...[1991] 1 LI Rep 201. Sennar, The, DSV Silo — und Verwattungs-Gesellschaft MbH v Owners of the Sennar and 13 other ships (No. 2)WLR [1985] 1 WLR 490. Spiliada Maritime Corp v Cansulex LtdELR [1987] AC 460. Stolt Loyalty, The [1933] 2 LI Rep 281. Sylt, The [1991] 1 LI Rep 240. Taylors Fashion......
  • The ‘Bunga Melati 5’
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 21 August 2012
    ...Stiftung v Rayner & Keeler Ltd [1967] 1 AC 853 (folld) DSVSilo-Und Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH v Owners of The Sennar and 13 Other Ships [1985] 1 WLR 490 (folld) DPP v Ray [1974] AC 370 (refd) Equatorial Marine Fuel Management Services Pte Ltd v The ‘Bunga Melati 5’[2010] SGHC 193 (overd) F......
  • JSC BTA Bank v Mukhtar Kabulovich Ablyazov (18th Defendant/Respondent)
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 26 November 2013
    ...order to create an issue estoppel, three requirements have to be satisfied. They were stated as follows by Lord Brandon of Oakbrook in The Sennar (No. 2) [1985] 1 WLR 490 at 499B: "The first requirement is that the judgment in the earlier action relied on as creating an estoppel must be (a)......
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7 firm's commentaries
  • On The Application Of Res Judicata (Or Disarming The ''Italian Torpedo'')
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 20 December 2021
    ...tools to disarm the torpedo before any long-lasting damage is done. Footnotes 1 1 Carl Zeiss v Rayner (1967) 1 AC 853; The Sennar (No.2) (1985) 1 WLR 490; Resolution Chemicals v Lundbeck (2013) EWCA Civ 924; Adams v Cape Industries (1990) Ch 433; Klockner Holdings v Klockner (2005) EWHC 145......
  • On The Application Of Res Judicata (Or Disarming The ''Italian Torpedo'')
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 20 December 2021
    ...tools to disarm the torpedo before any long-lasting damage is done. Footnotes 1 1 Carl Zeiss v Rayner (1967) 1 AC 853; The Sennar (No.2) (1985) 1 WLR 490; Resolution Chemicals v Lundbeck (2013) EWCA Civ 924; Adams v Cape Industries (1990) Ch 433; Klockner Holdings v Klockner (2005) EWHC 145......
  • Winning The Battle And Losing The War: Enforcement Of Awards Set Aside In The Seat
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    • 22 July 2014
    ...see, in particular Carl Zeiss Stiftung v Rayner C Keeler Ltd (No 2) [1967] 1 AC 853 ("the Carl Zeiss" case), The Sennar (No 2) [1985] 1 WLR 490" [Clarke LJ @ para 50 of the And later, at paragraph 54: "The authorities establish that there must be "a full contestation and a clear decision" o......
  • English Commercial Court: Foreign Judgment Did Not Establish Issue Estoppel
    • United Kingdom
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    • 1 June 2020
    ...to the leading House of Lords decisions in Carl Zeiss Stiftung v. Rayner & Keeler Ltd (No. 2) [1967] 1 AC 853 and The Sennar (No. 2) [1985] 1 WLR 490, the judge held that it would be “absurd” for an English court to give a determination by a foreign court on a particular issue a binding pre......
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5 books & journal articles
  • NO DISPUTE AMOUNTING TO STRONG CAUSE; STRONG CAUSE FOR DISPUTE?
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2001, December 2001
    • 1 December 2001
    ...towards the finding of ‘strong cause’. 28 The Eleflheria [1970] P 94, The El Amria[1981] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 119 and The Sennar (No. 2)[1985] 1 WLR 490. 29 See for example, The Asian Plutus, where Yong J held: ‘The legal basis for these principles was the presumption that contracts freely entered......
  • DAMAGES FOR BREACH OF JURISDICTION CLAUSES
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2002, December 2002
    • 1 December 2002
    ...the court applied the most appropriate law (whatever it may be) as the lex causae to decide the issue of breach. 27 The Sennar (No 2) [1985] 1 WLR 490 at 499. 28 This does not appear to prevent a procedural decision by a foreign court from forming the basis of an issue estoppel in subsequen......
  • REFERRING QUESTIONS OF FOREIGN LAW TO THE COURT OF THE GOVERNING LAW
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2011, December 2011
    • 1 December 2011
    ...Pte Ltd v Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka [2002] 1 SLR(R) 1088. 51 The Vasiliy Golovnin [2007] 4 SLR(R) 277; The Sennar (No 2) [1985] 1 WLR 490. 52 Westacre Investments Inc v The State-Owned Company Yugoimport SDPR [2009] 2 SLR(R) 166. 53 Westacre Investments Inc v Yugoimport SDPR......
  • Admiralty, Shipping and Aviation Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2007, December 2007
    • 1 December 2007
    ...and expresses a conclusion with regard to the effect of applying those principles to the factual situation concerned’: The Sennar (No 2)[1985] 1 WLR 490 at 499. Tan J held that the Lome court did in fact consider the merits of the case before ruling that the vessel had to be released. For a......
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