Mr. Justice Browne's Judgment in the Anisminic Case
ALL those—and they will be many—concerned with the case of Anisminic Ltd. v. Foreign Compensation Commission [1968] 2 Q.B. 862 (C.A.), [1969] 2 W.L.R. 163 (H.L.) will have noticed the references made in the Court of Appeal and in the House of Lords to the judgment delivered by Browne J. at first instance. This judgment is of particular interest and importance, not only because it was upheld by the House of Lords after being reversed by the Court of Appeal, but also because it made an extensive review and analysis of the authorities, which the higher courts to some extent adopted and incorporated by reference. Unfortunately this valuable judgment has not been reported, presumably because it ran to some 40,000 words in length.