The Torni
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 27 April 1932 |
| Date | 27 April 1932 |
| Court | Court of Appeal |
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6 cases
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Pacific Electric Wire & Cable Co Ltd and Another v Neptune Orient Lines Ltd (Toko Kaiun Kaisha Ltd, Third Party)
...... . . . . 1932 - the Torni case. . In `The Torni`, bills of lading issued at Jaffa, Palestine in respect of cargo carried from there to England contained the following clause: `This bill of lading wherever signed is to be construed in accordance with English law.`The Palestine Carriage of Goods by Sea Ordinance ......
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The Hollandia (Haico Holwerde, Morviken)
...of lading is to be construed by the law, not of the place where it is made, but by the law of the place to which the ship is going", see The Torni (1932) Probate 78 at page 20I may add that Lord Justice Scrutton with his robust common-sense would not have allowed them to "upset the whole a......
- Re Claim by Helbert Wagg and Company Ltd
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Amin Rasheed Shipping Corporation v Kuwait Insurance Company
...a passage cited by Upjohn J. in In re Helbert Wagg & Co. Ltd. [1956] Ch. 323 at p.341: "There were certain differences between that case [ The Torni [1932] P.78] and the present. One was that the bills of lading had a clause that they were ' to be construed in accordance with English law ......
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1 books & journal articles
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CONTRACTUAL ILLEGALITY AND CONFLICT OF LAWS
...Middle East Petroleum Co. Ltd.[1988] 1 Q.B. 448. 75 [1939] A.C. 277. In this case, the Privy Council expressly disapproved of The Torni [1932] P.78.0 76 Even if the language of the Newfoundland statute had been apt to prohibit parties from contracting out of the regime of that statute (and ......