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Foster v Driscoll

[1929] 1 KB 470 (CA)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtCourt of Appeal

Year1929

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

A contract whose real object is to perform an act illegal in a foreign and friendly state is contrary to English public policy and unenforceable (the rule in Foster v Driscoll).

Area of Law

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