Banque Financiere de la Cite S.A. (formerly Banque Keyser Ullmann S.A.) v Westgate Insurance Company Ltd (formerly Hodge General & Mercantile Company Ltd); Banque Keyser Ullmann S.A. v Skandia (U.K.) Insurance Company Ltd

Core Citations

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CONSIDERS

• Ionides v Pender
• Bolton v Stone
• Inversiones Manria S.A. v Sphere Drake Insurance Company Plc (Dora)

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• Al-Kandari v JR Brown & Company
• Rondel v Worsley
• M'Alister or Donoghue (Pauper) v Stevenson
• Smith v Hughes
• Hughes v Lord Advocate
• Lamb v Camden London Borough Council
• Hedley Byrne & Company Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd
• Merchants and Manufacturers Insurance Company Ltd v Hunt
• Mohammed-Holgate v Duke
• R v Inhabitants of Ecclesall Bierlow in Sheffield
• Perl (P) (Exporters) Ltd v Camden London Borough Council
• Bell v Lever Bros Ltd
• Lister v Romford Ice and Cold Storage Company Ltd
• Moorgate Mercantile Company Ltd v Twitchings
• Anns v Merton London Borough Council
• Smith v Littlewoods Organisation Ltd; Maloco v Littlewoods Organisation Ltd
• Container Transport International Inc. v Oceanus Mutual Underwriting Association (Bermuda) Ltd

DOES NOT FOLLOW

• Moens and Others v Heyworth and Others

APPLIES

• Merchants and Manufacturers Insurance Company Ltd v Hunt
• Yuen Kun Yeu v Attorney General of Hong Kong
• Tai Hing Cotton Mill Ltd v Liu Chong Hing Bank Ltd

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• Blackburn v Vigors
• Carter v Boehm
• Hedley Byrne & Company Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd

CITES

• Esso Petroleum Company Ltd v Mardon
• Simaan General Contracting Company v Pilkington Glass Ltd (No. 2)
• Overseas Tankship (U.K.) Ltd v Morts Dock and Engineering Company Ltd (The Wagon Mound)

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• London General Omnibus Company v Holloway
• American Express International Banking Corporation v Hurley
• Re Polemis and Furness, Withy & Company
• Heskell v Continental Express Ltd
• Fraser v Thames Television Ltd
• Dorset Yacht Company Ltd v Home Office
• Leigh and Sillavan Ltd v Aliakmon Shipping Company Ltd (Aliakmon)
• Yorkshire Dale Steamship Company Ltd v Minister of War Transport; The Coxwold
• Ross v Caunters
• Leon v Casey
• Great Atlantic Insurance Company v Home Insurance Company
• Highlands Insurance Company v Continental Insurance Company (Note)
• Candlewood Navigation Corporation Ltd v Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd (Ibaraki Maru, Mineral Transporter)
• Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd v Miller Steamship Company Pty (Wagon Mound) (No. 2)
• March Cabaret Club & Casino Ltd v London Assurance
• Paterson Zochonis & Company Ltd v Merfarken Packaging Ltd
• Barclays Bank Ltd v Cole
• Glasgow Assurance Corporation Ltd v William Symondson and Company
• Iron and Steel Holding and Realisation Agency v Compensation Appeal Tribunal

CONSIDERS

• Ministry of Housing and Local Government v Sharp
• Curran v Northern Ireland Co-ownership Housing Association Ltd
• Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945 - Articles : S-1

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• Supreme Court (now known as Senior Courts) Act 1981 - Articles : S-50
• Misrepresentation Act 1967 - Articles : S-2
• Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945
• Misrepresentation Act 1967
• Marine Insurance Act 1906

DISTINGUISHES

• Tradax Export S.A. v Dorada Compania Naviera S.A. (Lutetian)
• Lee v Jones
• Black King Shipping Corporation v Massie (Litsion Pride)

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• Moorgate Mercantile Company Ltd v Twitchings

CITED in

• Aldrich, Day, Civardi, Biggs and Ors v Norwich Union Life Insurance Company Ltd Norwich Union Life Insurance Society v Qureshi and Qureshi Health Consulting Company Ltd (Third Party)
• Plant Construction Plc v Clive Adams Associates (No.3)
• Bank of Nova Scotia v Hellenic Mutual War Risks Association (Bermuda) Ltd (The Good Luck)

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• Hamble Fisheries Ltd v L. Gardner & Sons Ltd (Rebecca Elaine)
• Royscot Trust Ltd v Rogerson and Another
• Three Rivers District Council and Others v Governor and Company of the Bank of England (No. 11)
• HIH Casualty and General Insurance Ltd v Chase Manhattan Bank and Others
• Argo Systems Fze v Liberty Insurance (Pte) and another
• British & Commonwealth Holdings Plc v Quadrex Holdings Inc.
• The Society of Lloyd's v Clementson
• British Racing Drivers' Club Ltd v Hextall Erskine & Company (A Firm)
• Youell v Bland Welch & Company Ltd (No. 2)
• Pan Atlantic Insurance Company Ltd v Pine Top Insurance Company Ltd
• Bank of Nova Scotia v Hellenic Mutual War Risks Association (Bermuda) Ltd (The Good Luck)
• Johnstone v Bloomsbury Health Authority
• Kirkham v Chief Constable of the Greater Manchester Police
• Overseas Property Bond Management Ltd Claimant v Antigua Commercial Bank Ltd Nathaniel "paddy" James Sagicor Capital Life Insurance Company Ltd Defendants [ECSC]
• Liberty Club Ltd Claimant v Beacon Insurance Company Defendant [ECSC]
• Strive Shipping Corpn v Hellenic Mutual War Risks Association (Bermuda) Ltd
• Drake Insurance Plc v Provident Insurance Plc
• Searle v A R Hales & Company Ltd [QBD]
• Society of Lloyd's v Clementson (No 2) [QBD (Comm)]
• Standard Bank London Ltd v Bank of Tokyo Ltd [QBD (Comm)]
• Mariola Marine Corporation v Lloyd's Register of Shipping (The Morning Watch)
• K/S Merc-Scandia XXXXII v Lloyd's Underwriters [QBD (Comm)]
• HIH Casualty and General Insurance Ltd v Chase Manhattan Bank and Others
• Agnew and Others v Lansforsakringsbolagens

CONSIDERED in

• Hamble Fisheries Ltd (Plaintiff/Appellant) v L Gardner & Sons Ltd (m.f.v "Rebecca Elaine")
• Diana Aldrich and Others v The Norwich Union Life Insurance Company Ltd (Formerly known as the Norwich Union Life Insurance Society
• HAMILTON Appellants (Pursuers) and Others against ALLIED DOMECQ Plc Respondents (Defenders)

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• Manifest Shipping Company Ltd (Plaintiff/Respondents) v Uni-Polaris Shipping Company Ltd and Another
• Taberna Europe CDO II Plc v Selskabet AF1.September 2008 in Bankruptcy (formerly known as Roskilde Bank A/S)
• Bmw Australia Finance Ltd (ACN 007 101 715) v Miller & Associates Insurance Broking Pty Ltd (ACN 089 245 465)
• Sinead Ni Chonchuir v MMI General Insurance Ltd (now Alliance Australian Insurance Ltd) [NTMC]
• CGU Workers Compensation (NSW) Ltd (ACN 003 181 002) v Garcia
• Permanent v FAI
• Soorooj Dyal Ramphul (Appellant (Plaintiff) v Patrick Toole and Another (Respondents
• Lewis v Australian Capital Territory
• Hazel Beverley Polon v David Dorian
• Bobux Marketing Ltd v Raynor Marketing Ltd
• Dodds v Southern Response Earthquake Services Ltd
• Kingspan Environmental Ltd and Others v Borealis A/s and Another
• Blooming Things Ltd v Caribbean Boring and Diamond Drilling Ltd
• Insurance Company of the West Indies v Margaret Forest-Duncan
• Alic Humphrey v Gordon Henry
• Brown (Adolph) v West Indies Alliance Insurance Company Ltd
• Liberty Club Ltd v Beacon Insurance Company
• Doolan v Murray
• Governey v Financial Services Ombudsman
• Anthony Elivique Claimant v Nem (West Indies) Insurance Ltd Defendant [ECSC]
• Harmon v Irish Life Assurance Plc
• Royscot Trust Ltd v Rogerson
• Van Oppen v Clerk to the Bedford Charity Trustees
• National Australia Bank Ltd v Nemur Varity Pty. Ltd
• Guichard et Al v Bank of Nova Scotia Company of Trinidad and Tobago Ltd et Al
• Manifest Shipping Company Ltd v Uni-Polaris Shipping Company Ltd (Star Sea)

APPLIED in

• Standard Bank London Ltd v Bank of Tokyo Ltd ; Sudwestdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale v Bank of Tokyo Ltd and Another
• HIH Casualty and General Insurance Ltd v Chase Manhattan Bank [QBD (Comm)]
• Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG v Royal Bank of Scotland Plc

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• South Australian Asset Management Corporation v York Montague Ltd ; United Bank of Kuwait Plc v Prudential Property Services Ltd ; Nykredit Mortgage Bank Plc v Edward Erdman Group Ltd (Formerly Edward Erdman an Unlimited Company)

REFERRED in

• Taylor v Crossman (No 2)
• Manifest Shipping Company Ltd v Uni-Polaris Shipping Company Ltd (Star Sea)
• Pan Atlantic Insurance Company Ltd v Pine Top Insurance Company Ltd

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• Governey v Financial Services Ombudsman
• R Laura Critchley v Financial Ombudsman Service Ltd
• McCullagh v Lane Fox and Partners Ltd
• WISE Underwriting Agency Ltd v Grupo Nacional Provincial SA
• YJB Port Ltd v M&A Pharmachem Ltd
• Ulster Bank Commercial Services Ltd v Trade Credit Brokers Ltd
• Trade Indemnity Plc and Others v Forsakringsaktiebolaget Njord ; Same v Same
• Norwich Union Life Insurance Society v Qureshi [QBD (Comm)]
• Agnew v Lansforsakringsbolagens AB [QBD (Comm)]
• Brotherton v Aseguradora Colseguros SA [QBD (Comm)]
• Agnew and Others v Lansforsakringsbolagens
• HIH Casualty and General Insurance Ltd v Chase Manhattan Bank
• HIH Casualty and General Insurance Ltd v New Hampshire Insurance Company
• Loreley Financing (Jersey) No 30 Ltd v Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Ltd
• Sir Owen George Glenn Knzm Onzm v Eric John Watson (personally and as trustee of the Richmond Trust)

REVERSED in

• Aneco Reinsurance Underwriting Ltd v Johnson and Higgins Ltd

REPORTED OPINION OF in

• [1987] 2 All ER 923
• [1987] 1 Lloyd's Rep 69
• [1986] 165 LMLN 693

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• [1989] 3 WLR 25
• [1990] 1 QB 665

APPEAL RESOLVED in

• Banque Financiere de la Cite S.A. (formerly Banque Keyser Ullmann S.A.) v Westgate Insurance Company Ltd (formerly Hodge General & Mercantile Company Ltd); Banque Keyser Ullmann S.A. v Skandia (U.K.) Insurance Company Ltd

AFFIRMED in

• Banque Financiere de la Cite S.A. (formerly Banque Keyser Ullmann S.A.) v Westgate Insurance Company Ltd (formerly Hodge General & Mercantile Company Ltd); Banque Keyser Ullmann S.A. v Skandia (U.K.) Insurance Company Ltd

DISTINGUISHED in

• South Australia Asset Management Corpn v York Montague Ltd (also known as Banque Bruxelles Lambert S.A. v Eagle Star Insurance Company Ltd)

This document cites

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• Container Transport International Inc. v Oceanus Mutual Underwriting Association (Bermuda) Ltd
• Hedley Byrne & Company Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd
• Ministry of Housing and Local Government v Sharp
• Mohammed-Holgate v Duke
• Lamb v Camden London Borough Council



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• Great Atlantic Insurance Company v Home Insurance Company
• Yorkshire Dale Steamship Company Ltd v Minister of War Transport; The Coxwold
• Bell v Lever Bros Ltd
• Lister v Romford Ice and Cold Storage Company Ltd
• Barclays Bank Ltd v Cole
• M'Alister or Donoghue (Pauper) v Stevenson
• Hughes v Lord Advocate
• Esso Petroleum Company Ltd v Mardon
• Rondel v Worsley
• Moorgate Mercantile Company Ltd v Twitchings
• Simaan General Contracting Company v Pilkington Glass Ltd (No. 2)
• Moorgate Mercantile Company Ltd v Twitchings
• Al-Kandari v JR Brown & Company
• Perl (P) (Exporters) Ltd v Camden London Borough Council
• Dorset Yacht Company Ltd v Home Office
• Anns v Merton London Borough Council
• Curran v Northern Ireland Co-ownership Housing Association Ltd
• Bolton v Stone
• Leigh and Sillavan Ltd v Aliakmon Shipping Company Ltd (Aliakmon)
• Smith v Littlewoods Organisation Ltd; Maloco v Littlewoods Organisation Ltd
• R v Inhabitants of Ecclesall Bierlow in Sheffield
• Fraser v Thames Television Ltd
• Curran v Northern Ireland Co-ownership Housing Association Ltd
• London General Omnibus Company v Holloway
• Merchants and Manufacturers Insurance Company Ltd v Hunt
• Lim Yak Hua v Eastern & Oriental Hotel
• Glasgow Assurance Corporation Ltd v William Symondson and Company
• Carter v Boehm
• Leon v Casey
• Yuen Kun Yeu v Attorney General of Hong Kong