Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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MILIANGOS v. GEORGE FRANK (TEXTILES) LTD.

[1976] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 201

HOUSE OF LORDS

Before Lord Wilberforce, Lord Simon of Glaisdale,1 Lord Cross of Chelsea, Lord Edmund-Davies and Lord Fraser of Tullybelton

Sale of goods - Payment on contract in Swiss francs - Whether English Courts can give judgment in foreign currency. Practice - Jurisdiction of English Court to give judgment in foreign currency. Practice - Precedent - Decision of Court of Appeal - Not followed by puisne Judge - Consideration of "per incuriam" principle by House of Lords.

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