Red Sea Insurance Co Ltd v Bouygues SA
| Red Sea Insurance v Bouygues SA | |
|---|---|
| Court | Privy Council |
| Full case name | Red Sea Insurance Co Ltd v Bouygues SA and 22 others |
| Decided | 18 July 1994 |
| Citation | [1995] 1 AC 190 |
| Transcript | judgment |
| Case history | |
| Prior action | [1992] HKLR 161 |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Lord Keith of Kinkel Lord Slynn of Hadley Lord Woolf Lord Lloyd of Berwick Lord Nolan |
| Case opinions | |
| Lord Slynn of Hadley | |
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Red Sea Insurance Co Ltd v Bouygues SA [1995] 1 AC 190 is a judicial decision of the Privy Council relating to choice of law in tort. The case was an appeal from the decision of the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong, but as the case was decided in Hong Kong pursuant to the English Law Ordinance, section 3(1), it is also taken to be an authoritative statement of English law.