The Law Reports (Queen's Bench Division)
[1975] QB 487
[COURT OF APPEAL]
MILIANGOS
v.
GEORGE FRANK (TEXTILES) LTD.
SAME
v.
SAME
[1972 M. No. 1915]
[1972 M. No. 2957]
1974 Dec. 2,
3,
4.
1975 Feb. 6, 7, 10
1975 Feb. 6, 7, 10
Bristow J. Lord Denning M.R., Stephenson and Geoffrey Lane L.JJ.
Judicial Precedent
— Court of Appeal decision
— How far binding
— Earlier decision discarding rule on currency of English judgments taken for granted for centuries
— Two grounds for decision
— Majority decision on one of two grounds
— Whether given per incuriam
— Whether relevant decisions considered
— Whether Court of Appeal bound by majority decision
Currency
— Contract
— Foreign debt
— Contract for supply of goods stipulating payment in Swiss currency
— Swiss seller suing in English court for payment in Swiss currency
— Switzerland not member of E.E.C.
— Whether English judgment to be expressed in currency of non-member state
—
E.E.C. Treaty (Cmnd. 5179-II), art. 106
—
European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), s. 2 (1)