Entores ltd V. Miles Far East Corperation [1955] 2 QB 327(CA)

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Case note

ENTORES LTD V. MILES FAR EAST CORPORATION [1955] 2 QB 327(CA)

Parties to the Case

Miles Far East Corporation are an American corporation with agents all over the world, including a Dutch Company in Amsterdam. (Appellants)

Entores Ltd are a company registered and resident in England, with an office in London. (Respondents)

Procedural History

There was a breach of contract by the appellant. In the county court the respondents ordered to serve notice of the writ in an action for damages for breach of contract on the ground that the contract was made in England and therefore fell within the terms of R.S.C.,ord. 11,r 1 (e),(i). Miles Far East Corporation appealed to the Court of Appeal. It was an interlocutory appeal for the discharge of the order dated Dec. 17 1954 which gave liberty to the plaintiffs to serve the notice of a writ.

chaMaterial Facts

The English Company received a telex offer from the Dutch company.

Telex, like a telephone is the form of the instantaneous communication. Each Company had a teleprinter machine in its office; and each has a teletex number like