Williams and Humbert Ltd v W. & H. Trade Marks (Jersey) Ltd
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judge | Lord Scarman,Lord Bridge of Harwich,Lord Brandon of Oakbrook,Lord Templeman,Lord MacKay of Clashfern |
| Judgment Date | 12 December 1985 |
| Judgment citation (vLex) | [1985] UKHL J1212-1 |
| Court | House of Lords |
| Date | 12 December 1985 |
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229 cases
- JE Manghardt; Sim Leng Chua
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JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov and Others (No 4)
...determined until the evidence in support of the Stay Applications has been heard. 14 Relying upon observations in Williams & Humbert Ltd. V W & H Trade Marks (Jersey) Ltd. [1986] AC 368, Total E & P Soudan v Edmonds & others [2006] EWHC 1136 and Tajik Aluminium Plant v Ermatov [2006] EWHC 2......
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Yukos Capital S.a.r.L (a company incorporated in the Luxembourg) v OJSC Rosneft Oil Company (a company incorporated in the Russian Federation)
...and illegal means, arranged and directed by the Russian state or government. Citing the words of Lord Templeman in Williams and Humbert Ltd. v W & H Trade Marks (Jersey) Ltd. [1986] 1 AC 368, it submitted that “no English judge could properly entertain such an attack launched on a foreign f......
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Koza Ltd v Koza Altin Isletmeleri as
...35 The judge then analysed at [95] to [103] the decision of the House of Lords in Williams & Humbert Ltd v W&H Trademarks Jersey Ltd [1986] AC 368 ( Williams & Humbert), upon which the defendants relied. He noted that the case concerned misfeasance proceedings brought by English and nationa......
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1 firm's commentaries
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The Revenue Rule In Tax Law
...recognized that the revenue laws of one state have no force in another."); Williams & Humbert Ltd. v. W&H Trade Marks (Jersey) Ltd., 1986 1 All E.R. 129, 133-34 (H.L.) (Although the "revenue laws may in the future be modified by international convention or by the laws of the European Econom......
8 books & journal articles
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CONTEMPT ORDERS AND JUDICIAL “ATTACHMENT” OF EQUITABLE PROPERTY
...also Novello & Co Ltd v Hinrichsen Edition Ltd[1951] Ch 595; cfWilliams & Humbert Ltd v W & H Trade Marks (Jersey) Ltd[1986] AC 369; [1986] 1 All ER 129. 74 See Pro Swing Inc v Elta Golf Inc[2006] 2 SCR 612. 75 One must not be misled by the enforcement terminology to suppose that nothing li......
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Litigation
...FCA 869. 702 McKay v Essex Area Health Authority [1982] QB 1166 at 1191, per Griiths LJ; Williams & Humbert Ltd v Trade Marks Jersey Ltd [1986] 2 WLR 24 (HL(E)); Cheick Ltd v JDM Associates (No 3) (1989) 22 Con LR 36 at 47–48, per Judge Fox-Andrews QC. 703 Walton Construction Pty Ltd v Illa......
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The Liabilities of Financial Intermediaries and Their Advisers for Handling the Proceeds of Crime
...WLR 1551. (29) [2001] All ER (D) 81. (30) 95 Cr App R67 CA. (31) [1999] Crim LR 414 CAC. (32) [1955] AC 491. (33) [1988] 1 WLR 1204. (34) [1986] AC 368. (35) Discussed above, see ref. 3. Michael Brindle QC, Fountain Court Chambers, Temple, London Former managing director disqualified for 'p......
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Obtaining mareva injunctions and related orders against FFSH re assets
...courts have refused to enforce foreign laws where they infringe human rights: Williams & Lambert Ltd. v. W&H Trade Marks (Jersey) Ltd. [1986] A.C. 368,428. It may also give a restrictive recognition of the judgment, stopping short of granting it conclusive or binding effect, or readily reco......
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