Hearings
England & Wales
13 Dec 1948 [1949] 1 KB 482; [1949] 1 All ER 146; 65 TLR 197; (1949) 93 SJ 133, CA (Tucker, Asquith and Denning LJJ)
21 Mar 1950 [1950] AC 327; [1950] 1 All ER 728, HL(E)
Boissevain v Weil
Subject Matter
CURRENCY — Loan of foreign currency — Promise to repay in sterling after the war — Parties involuntarily resident in foreign country in military occupation of enemy — Repudiation of transaction by borrower — Illegality of loan — Defence (Finance) Regulations, 1939 (St. R. & O. 1939, No. 1620), reg. 2 (1.), as amended by Order of 1940, No. 1484 — Emergency Powers (Defence) Act, 1939 (2 & 3 Geo. 6, c. 62), s. 3, sub-s. 1 (b).
[1949] 1 KB 482; [1949] 1 All ER 146; 65 TLR 197; (1949) 93 SJ 133, CA
WAR — Emergency Legislation — Currency control — Loan of foreign currency during war — Promise to repay in sterling after war — Parties involuntarily resident in foreign country in military occupation of enemy — Repudiation of transaction by borrower — Illegality of loan — Defence (Finance) Regulations, 1939 (St. R. & O. 1939, No. 1620), reg. 2, as amended by St. R. & O. 1940, No. 1484.
[1950] AC 327; [1950] 1 All ER 728, HL(E)
Appellate History
Boissevain v Weil [1949] 1 KB 482; [1949] 1 All ER 146; 65 TLR 197; (1949) 93 SJ 133, CA
Decision of the Court of Appeal affirmed
Boissevain v Weil [1950] AC 327; [1950] 1 All ER 728, HL(E)