Surrendra Overseas Ltd v Government of Sri Lanka

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1977
CourtQueen's Bench Division
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  • David Ross v Francis Joseph McGrath
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • July 14, 2004
    ...liability to pay the claim in question: see Spencer v Hemmerde [1922] 2 AC 507 at 516 and 532; Good v Parry [1963] 2 QB 418 at 423; Surrendra Ltd v Sri Lanka [1977] 1 WLR 565, 575 per Kerr J. 2. An acknowledgment need not identify the amount of the debt so long as the amount is capable of a......
  • Ashcroft v Bradford & Bingley Plc
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • March 10, 2010
    ...of the law of acknowledgment attend it. These include the proposition, derived from the decision of Kerr J in Surrendra Overseas Ltd v Government of Sri Lanka [1977] 2 All ER 481, that where it has been made clear that part of the claim is disputed, any acknowledgment relates only to the un......
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  • Consideration and Form
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Contracts. Third Edition Enforceability
    • August 4, 2020
    ...Hesketh (1697), Comb 381, 90 ER 541 (KB); Spencer v Hemmerde , [1922] 2 AC 507 (HL); Surrendra Overseas Ltd v Government of Sri Lanka , [1977] 1 WLR 565 (QB). 134 See, for example, Limitations Act , RSA 2000, c L-12, s 9; Limitation Act , RSBC 1996, c 266, s 5(5); Limitation of Actions Act ......

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