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Transfield Shipping Inc v Mercator Shipping Inc (The Achilleas)

[2008] UKHL 48
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
Year2008
Statusunclear

Key Principle

remoteness may require assumption of responsibility for the type of loss

Area of Law

Contract — Breach and Remedies

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