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Harbutt's 'Plasticine' Ltd v Wayne Tank and Pump Co Ltd

[1970] 1 QB 447; [1970] 1 All ER 225 (CA)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)

Year1970

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A sufficiently gross breach can be a fundamental breach that automatically deprives the party of an exemption clause (a proposition later disapproved).

Area of Law

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