Vita Food Products Incorporated v Unus Shipping Company
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judgment Date | 30 January 1939 |
| Date | 30 January 1939 |
| Court | Privy Council |
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154 cases
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Quinn v IBRC (in special liquidation)
...the approach previously adopted by the House of Lords in Vita Food Products Inc. v. Unus Shipping Company Limited (In Liquidation) [1939] A.C. 277, where Lord Wright said, at p.293:- ‘ Nor must it be forgotten that the rule by which contracts not expressly forbidden by statute or declared t......
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Akai Pty. Ltd v People's Insurance Company Ltd
...1 WLR 1026. Ultisol Transport Contractors Ltd v Bouygues Offshore SAUNK [1996] 2 Ll Rep 140. Vita Food Products v Unus Shipping Co LtdELR [1939] AC 277. Volvox Hollandia, TheUNK [1988] 2 Ll Rep 361. Williams & Glyn's Bank plc v Astro Dinamico Compania NavieraWLR [1984] 1 WLR 438. Woodhouse ......
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Archbolds (Freightage) Ltd v S. Spanglett Ltd
...be without remedy. This appears to me an undesirable extension of the implications of a statute. 32Lord Wright said, in Vita Food Products Inc. v. Unus Shipping Co. (1939 Appeal Cases, page 277; at page 293): "Each case has to be considered on its merits. Nor must it be forgotten that the r......
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1 firm's commentaries
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Governing Law And Choice Of Forum Clauses
...Agreements, 3d ed (Toronto: Carswell, 2011) at 81. [Elderkin and Doi] 2 Ibid. 3 Vita Food Products Inc. v Unus Shipping Co. Ltd., [1939] 1 All ER 513 4 Imperial Life Assurance Co. of Canada v Colmenares, [1967] SCR 443 at 448. 5 Lilydale Cooperative Limited v Meyn Canada Inc., 2015 0NCA 281......
34 books & journal articles
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THE EFFECTIVE REACH OF CHOICE OF LAW AGREEMENTS
...LR 1 QB 115 (Ex Ch) at 121. 17 R v International Trustee for the Protection of Bondholders Aktiengesellschaft [1937] AC 500 at 530. 18 [1939] AC 277 (PC, Nova Scotia) at 289—290. 19 Boissevain v Weil [1949] 1 KB 482 (CA) at 491 (Denning LJ); Re Helbert Wagg & Co Ltd[1956] Ch 323 at 341 (Upj......
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CONTRACTUAL ILLEGALITY AND CONFLICT OF LAWS
...a bargain save on serious and sufficient grounds.” See in Vita Food Products Incorporated v. Unus Shipping Co. Ltd. (In Liquidation)[1939] A.C. 277 at 293 per Lord Wright. 51 [1921] 2 K.B. 716 at 731. 52 [1961] 1 Q.B. 374. 53 Ibid., at 390. 54 Ibid. The cases do no more than demonstrate tha......
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Conflict of Laws in Bermuda
...n 6, above, at pp 747–777; Amin Rasheed Shipping v Kuwait Insurance Co [1984] AC 50. 105 Vita Food Products Inc v Unus Shipping Co Ltd [1939] AC 277 (PC). 106 R v International Trustee for the Protection of Bondholders AG [1937] AC 500, 529. 107 Vita Food Products Inc , n 104, above, at 290......
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Table of Cases
...the Royal Court v Shelton [1986] 1 WLR 985, (1986) 130 SJ 504, 1986 PCC 461, PC 9.52–9.56 Vita Food Products Inc v Unus Shipping Co Ltd [1939] AC 277, [1939] 1 All ER 513, 108 LJPC 40, PC 22.58–22.59 Volaw Trust and Corporate Services Limited and another v The Officer for the Comptroller of......
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