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Red Sea Insurance Co Ltd v Bouygues SA

[1995] 1 AC 190; [1994] UKPC 30; [1994] 3 All ER 749

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtPrivy Council (on appeal from Hong Kong)

Year1994

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

The flexible exception to the double-actionability rule for foreign torts can displace the lex fori entirely and govern the whole claim by the lex loci delicti, not merely isolated issues.

Area of Law

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