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Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd v Morts Dock and Engineering Co Ltd (Wagon Mound No 1)

[1961] AC 388
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtPrivy Council
Year1961
StatusBinding authority

Summary

Remoteness of damage in tort is governed by reasonable foreseeability of the type of harm, overruling the Re Polemis directness test.

Key Principle

remoteness in tort; foreseeability of type of damage replaces directness test

Area of Law

Tort — Causation, Remoteness and Damages

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