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Godard v Gray

Godard v Gray (1870) LR 6 QB 139 (QB)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtCourt of Exchequer Chamber
Year1870
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A foreign judgment in personam of a court of competent jurisdiction cannot be impeached on the merits in England merely because the foreign court mistook the facts or the law (including the law of the contract's governing system).

Area of Law

c

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