Hong Kong Fir Shipping Co Ltd v Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd
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Hong Kong Fir Shipping Co Ltd v Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd
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Hong Kong Fir Shipping Co Ltd v Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd [1962] 2 QB 26 [1961] EWCA Civ 7 is a landmark English contract law case. It introduced the concept of innominate terms, a category between "warranties" and "conditions". Under the English sale of goods principles, a condition is a term whose breach entitles the injured party to repudiate the contract, but a breach of warranty shall give rise only to damages. In this case, Diplock LJ proposed that some terms could lead either to the right
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1962 English contract law case
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2023-08-31T20:02:39Z
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