HC Deb 04 June 1956 vol 553 c35W
Mr. Dodds

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the present position in respect of the claim by oil companies for compensation for oil stocks which disappeared in the closing stages of the fighting in the Far East in 1945.

Mr. Ward

Judgment was given for the oil companies by the Court of Appeal in Singapore on 13th April, 1956, reversing the award of the Singapore Compensation Board, but a stay of execution pending consideration of an appeal by the Crown to the Privy Council is at present in operation.

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