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Phillips v Eyre

(1870) LR 6 QB 1 (Ex Ch)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtCourt of Exchequer Chamber (England)

Year1870

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A tort committed abroad is actionable in England only if the wrong is both actionable as a tort under English law and not justifiable under the law of the place where it was done (the 'double actionability' rule).

Area of Law

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