Controversy in Common Mistake: Great Peace Shipping Ltd v Tsavliris (International) Ltd

It is startling when a leading precedent of over 50 years standing is said to be wrong. It is wven more startling when that precedent has been accepted by the courts as well as all the major textbooks as establishing and embodying one of the major doctrines in the law of contract (here, that of comm...

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spelling sg-smu-ink.sol_research-12272010-09-21T08:36:04Z Controversy in Common Mistake: Great Peace Shipping Ltd v Tsavliris (International) Ltd PHANG, Andrew It is startling when a leading precedent of over 50 years standing is said to be wrong. It is wven more startling when that precedent has been accepted by the courts as well as all the major textbooks as establishing and embodying one of the major doctrines in the law of contract (here, that of common mistake in equity). In the recent Court of Appeal decision of Great Peace Shipping Ltd v Tsavliris (International) Ltd, this was precisely what happened. 2003-05-01T07:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/228 Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Contracts
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Controversy in Common Mistake: Great Peace Shipping Ltd v Tsavliris (International) Ltd
description It is startling when a leading precedent of over 50 years standing is said to be wrong. It is wven more startling when that precedent has been accepted by the courts as well as all the major textbooks as establishing and embodying one of the major doctrines in the law of contract (here, that of common mistake in equity). In the recent Court of Appeal decision of Great Peace Shipping Ltd v Tsavliris (International) Ltd, this was precisely what happened.
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title Controversy in Common Mistake: Great Peace Shipping Ltd v Tsavliris (International) Ltd
title_short Controversy in Common Mistake: Great Peace Shipping Ltd v Tsavliris (International) Ltd
title_full Controversy in Common Mistake: Great Peace Shipping Ltd v Tsavliris (International) Ltd
title_fullStr Controversy in Common Mistake: Great Peace Shipping Ltd v Tsavliris (International) Ltd
title_full_unstemmed Controversy in Common Mistake: Great Peace Shipping Ltd v Tsavliris (International) Ltd
title_sort controversy in common mistake: great peace shipping ltd v tsavliris (international) ltd
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2003
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