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Bunge Corporation v Tradax Export SA

[1981] 1 WLR 711
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtUK House of Lords
Year1981
StatusBinding authority

Summary

Time stipulations in commercial contracts are conditions, entitling the innocent party to terminate for breach regardless of the consequences of that breach.

Key Principle

time stipulations in commercial contracts are conditions; breach entitles termination regardless of consequences

Area of Law

Contract — Breach and Remedies

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