Winkworth v Christie Manson and Woods Ltd

rdf:langString Winkworth v Christie Manson and Woods Ltd

rdf:langString Winkworth v Christie Manson and Woods Ltd

rdf:langString Christie's, King Street, London

rdf:langString [1980] 1 All ER 1121

rdf:langString [1980] 1 Ch 496

rdf:langString Winkworth v Christie Manson and Woods Ltd and Another

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rdf:langString conflict of laws

rdf:langString conveyance

rdf:langString lex situs

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rdf:langString Winkworth v Christie Manson and Woods Ltd [1980] 1 Ch 496 was a judicial decision of English High Court relating to the proper law to determine whether title passes when stolen goods are sold to another person in a foreign country. The case related to paintings which were stolen in England, and later sold by the thief to a purchaser in good faith who was unaware that they were stolen in Italy. Slade J held that the rule as to whether or not title to property validly passed was to be determined by the law of the place where the property was located at the time that the transfer purportedly took place. In this case, under Italian law a purchaser in good faith without notice received good title, and accordingly, the rule of Italian law prevailed over the English rule (known as the nemo dat rule) because that was where the paintings were at the relevant time.