Lonrho Ltd v Shell Petroleum Co Ltd (No 2)

Subject Matter

TORT — Cause of action — Whether arising from breach of statutory prohibition — Contract for construction of pipeline and carriage to oil refinery in Southern Rhodesia — Criminal offence to supply oil after UDI — Oil supplied otherwise than by pipeline — Loss to parties operating pipeline — Whether cause of action in respect of resultant damage — Southern Rhodesia Act 1965, ss 1, 2 — Southern Rhodesia (Petroleum) Order 1965, arts 1, 4

[1982] AC 173; [1981] 3 WLR 33