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Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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CONTROLLER OF THE CLEARING OFFICE v. ANDREW WEIR & CO.

(1926) 25 Ll.L.Rep. 303

HOUSE OF LORDS.

Before the Lord Chancellor (Viscount Cave), Lord Shaw, Lord Sumner, Lord Parmoor and Lord Blanesburgh.

Emergency legislation - Enemy debts - English buyer debtor and German seller cerditor-Payment for goods shipped- Goods delivered ex ship and dealt with by buyer but documents of title not taken up because of outbreak of war- Principal debt admitted but payment of interest disputed by debtor-Right of creditor to interest admitted by British Clearing Office without acknowledgment of debtor-Decisions of Joint Clearing Offices-Enforceability- Treaty of Versailles, Art. 296-Treaty of Peace Order, 1919 (Statutory Rules and Orders, No. 1517), par. 1 (iv.).

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