- Cited — Crane Bank Limited & Ors v DFCU Bank Limited & Ors 2023-07-26
“… the context or for the purpose of broader (and undoubtedly sovereign) governmental activities is not determinative. Thus in Trendtex Trading v Bank of Nigeria [1977] QB 529the Court of Appeal rejected the Bank of Nigeria’s contention that it had immunity in respect of claims on a letter of credit it had issued on the ground that t…”
- Cited — Heathrow Airport Ltd & Ors v Her Majesty's Treasury (Rev 1) 2021-05-21
“…. Issues of public international law, which therefore include the GATT, raise questions of law not fact: Trendtex Trading Corporation v Central Bank of Nigeria [1977] QB 529 at page [569] and Al-Jedda [2010] EWCA Civ 212 at paragraph [65]. In the ordinary course the GATT must be construed in accordance with Articles 31 and 32 of th…”
- Cited — Begum v Special Immigration Appeals Commission & Ors 2020-07-16
“…ickman QC and the UN Rapporteur, Sir James submitted that, contrary to the view expressed by Lord Denning MR in Trendtex Trading Corp v Central Bank of Nigeria [1977] QB 529 at 533, customary international law was not automatically incorporated into the common law. The applicable principle was set out by Lord Mance JSC in Keyu v Se…”
- Cited — The Freedom And Justice Party & Ors, R (On the Application Of) v The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs & Anor (Rev 2) 2018-07-19
“…mary international law simply was part of the common law: see e.g. Triquet v Bath (1764) 3 Burr. 1478, 1481 and TrendtexTrading Corp. v Central Bank of Nigeria [1977] QB 529. However, more recently it has been recognised that the better view is that customary international law is a source of common law rules, but will only be recei…”