Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly
CHOICE OF LAW AND RESTITUTION OF BENEFITS CONFERRED UNDER A VOID CONTRACT
Baring Bros v. Cunninghame D.C.
Baring Brothers v. Cunninghame District Council
1 is another wave in the seemingly endless wake of Hazell v. Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council.2 Like many of the other cases3 in that wake it deals with a complex legal issue. The Outer House
1. (24 May 1996) Unreported (Court of Session: Outer House).
2. [1992] 2 A.C. 1.
3. E.g., Westdeutsche Landesbank Gironientrale v. Council of the London Borough of Islington [1996] A.C. 669 and Kleinwort Benson v. Glasgow City Council [1996] Q.B. 678.
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