The Arantzazu Mendi

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date23 February 1939
Date23 February 1939
Docket NumberCase No. 25
CourtHouse of Lords
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  • Civil Aeronautics Administration v Singapore Airlines Ltd
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 14 January 2004
    ...of particular interest to note that in the later case of Government of the Republic of Spain v SS “Arantzazu Mendi” (The Arantzazu Mendi) [1939] AC 256, the more expansive approach advocated by Lord Sumner in Duff Development was expressly disapproved of by the entire quorum of the House. L......
  • North South Yacht Vacations Ltd v The Owners and Persons Interested in the Ship ‘‘Heartbeat’’
    • British Virgin Islands
    • High Court (British Virgin Islands)
    • 28 December 2004
    ...to the Claimant in accordance with Part 65 Appendix B of C.P.R. 2000. Suzie d'Auvergne High Court Judge 1 [1979] 1 AER 883 ,889 F—J 2 [1939] AC 256, 266 3 17 th Edition 15–45 ...
  • HRH Prince Abdulaziz Bin Mishal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Another v Apex Global Management Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 11 June 2013
    ...context of international relations in which it has been held that the UK Government and courts should speak with one voice, ( The Arantzazu Mendi [1939] AC 256, at 264), there is thus a direct indication in the form of the Immigration Directorate's Instructions that the view of the UK Gove......
  • Serdar Mohammed v Ministry of Defence
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 2 May 2014
    ...in the field of foreign relations was most famously stated by Lord Atkin in Government of the Republic of Spain v SS "Arantzazu Mendi" [1939] AC 256, 264, where he said: "Our state cannot speak with two voices on such a matter, the judiciary saying one thing, the executive another." To simi......
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  • National litigation and international law: repercussions for Australia's protection of marine resources.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 33 No. 1, April 2009
    • 1 April 2009
    ...(6) 'Our State cannot speak with two voices on such a matter, the judiciary saying one thing, the executive another': The Arantzazu Mendi [1939] AC 256, 264 (Lord Atkin). See also Thomas v Mowbray (2007) 233 CLR 307, 354-5 (Gummow and Crennan (7) These doctrines are variously described as '......
  • CONTRACTUAL ILLEGALITY AND CONFLICT OF LAWS
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 1995, December 1995
    • 1 December 1995
    ...and considerations of the inter-relationship of the judicial and executive arms of government may be paramount. See The Arantzazu Mendi[1939] A.C. 256 at 264 and GUR Corporation v. Trust Bank of Africa Ltd.[1987] Q.B. 599 at 625. It is also clear from The Mary [1992] 2 Lloyd’s Rep. at 480 t......
  • The "common-law regime" of foreign sovereign immunity: the actual possession rule in admiralty.
    • United States
    • Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law Vol. 44 No. 4, October 2011
    • 1 October 2011
    ...to actual possession by a foreign government). (105.) See id. at 37 n.2 (canvassing British authorities, including The Arantzazu Mendi, [1939] A.C. 256 (H.L.), 263 (Eng.) and Compania Naviera Vascongado v. S.S. Cristina, [1938] A.C. 485 (H.L.) (106.) Id. at 38 (citing Sullivan v. State of S......
  • The Role of the Judiciary in Foreign Affairs To Be Duly Recognised, with Special Reference to the Supreme Court of the USA
    • South Africa
    • Stellenbosch Law Review No. , September 2021
    • 29 September 2021
    ...L Collin s “Foreign Relations and the Jud iciary” (20 02) 51 ICLQ 485 485 At 487, Collins quo tes Lord Atkin in Th e Aranzazu Mendi (1939) AC 256 264 who famously a rticulated t his principle: “Our state can not speak with two voices on such a matt er, the judiciary sayin g one thing, the e......
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