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

[1961] AC 388
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
Year1961
Statusunclear

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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