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[1976] AC 443
Neutral citation format (OSCOLA). Always confirm against the official judgment.
“… general rule in English law damages for tort or for breach of contract are assessed as at the date of the breach”: see Miliangos v George Frank (Textiles) Ltd [1976] AC 443, at 468, per Lord Wilberforce. In County Personnel (Employment Agency) Ltd v Alan R. Pulver & Co [1987] 1 WLR 916, Bingham LJ said at 926 that this rule “shoul…”
“…d that the Court of Appeal could not refuse to follow the House of Lords on the ground that the world had moved on: see Miliangos v George Frank (Textiles) Ltd [1976] AC 443.…”
“…ch would entitle a junior court to refuse to follow a decision of a superior court. The House of Lords made this clear in Miliangos v George Frank Textiles Ltd [1976] AC 443. In an earlier case the Court of Appeal had refused to follow an earlier decision of the House of Lords about the entry of a judgment in foreign currency, on t…”