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Baden v Société Générale pour Favoriser le Développement du Commerce et de l'Industrie en France SA

[1993] 1 WLR 509 (Note); [1992] 4 All ER 161 (decided 1982/1983)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court (Chancery Division), England and Wales (Peter Gibson J)
Year1983
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

Knowledge relevant to third-party liability in equity may be classified on a fivefold scale (the 'Baden scale'), ranging from actual knowledge through wilful blindness to constructive notice.

Area of Law

e

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