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Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd v The Miller Steamship Co (Wagon Mound No 2)

[1967] 1 AC 617
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtJudicial Committee of the Privy Council (on appeal from the Supreme Court of New South Wales)
Year1967
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

even a small foreseeable risk of damage of the relevant type suffices

Area of Law

Tort — Causation, Remoteness and Damages

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