United City Merchants (Investments) Ltd v Royal Bank of Canada

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date1981
Date1981
Year1981
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)

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  • Lambias (Importers & Exporters) Co Pte Ltd v Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 8 May 1993
    ... ... the balance was to be remitted to a certain bank account in Hong Kong. Simon Ng objected to this ... contention, the plaintiffs relied on United City Merchants (Investments) Ltd & Ors v Royal nk of Canada & Ors [1982] 2 All ER 720 and cited the ... ...
  • Ocean Projects Inc v Ultratech Pte Ltd
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 3 May 1994
    ... ... of credit`) was opened by the respondents` bank, NMB Postbank Groep NV, Singapore (`NMB Bank`) in ... contract (and this they have done in the United States through Waskita) and it then remained for ... of lading is perfectly valid (see United City Merchants (Investments) Ltd v Royal Bank of ... (Investments) Ltd v Royal Bank of Canada ... With respect, that case is not relevant and ... ...
  • MeesPierson NV v Bay Pacific (S) Pte Ltd and Others
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 14 August 2000
    ...credit arrangement. This difficulty featured strongly in the judgments of the Court of Appeal in the United City Merchants case (see in [1982] 1 QB 208). At the Court of Appeal, Ackner LJ addressing this point said at p 246G: If the signature on the bill of lading had been forged, a fact of......
  • Bank of India v Trans Continental Commodity Merchants Ltd (No. 2)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • Invalid date
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  • The Sandline Affair Illegality And International Law*
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 20 July 2001
    ...301; Euro-Diam Ltd v Bathurst [1990] Queen's Bench 1 per Staughton J at 14. 8.United City Merchants Limited v Royal Bank of Canada [1982] Queen's Bench 208 (Court of 9.Toprak Mahsulleri Ofisi v Finagrain Compagnie Commerciale Agricolo et Fianciere SA [1979] 2 Lloyd's Reports 98 (Court of Ap......