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Foreign exchange - the conversion of one {{tag|currency}} into another - is often conveniently, even a little wittily - referred to as | Foreign exchange - the conversion of one {{tag|currency}} into another - is often conveniently, even a little wittily - referred to as “{{tag|FX}}”. It is a subject which prompts whoops of excitement from some people and howls of anguish from others. | ||
Some fun little facts: | Some fun little facts: | ||
====FX and breaches of contract==== | ====FX and [[Breach of contract|breaches of contract]]==== | ||
There was an | There was an unbroken golden stream of authority, dating back 200 years, that an English court would award you damages in [[british pound|sterling]], and that was that. This thread was broken in the celebrated case of {{casenote|Miliangos|George Frank (Textiles) Limited|1976|AC|443}} wherein the House of Lords decided it could award damages in [[Swiss Francs]]. | ||
In other news, whether you can claim FX losses for {{tag|breach of contract}} | In other news, whether you can claim [[FX]] losses for {{tag|breach of contract}} was considered, in {{casenote|President of India|Lips Maritime Corp}} (fondly known to all as “'''[[The Lips]]'''”) to be a matter for ordinary [[remoteness of damage]] principles. Which is why you will see draftspeople at pains to specifically include "FX conversion losses" as part of the measure of loss in a contract: if plainly contemplated by the parties (or reasonably within their contemplation), you should have no trouble making out your claim in [[damages]]. | ||
===FX and {{tag|MiFID 2}}=== | |||
[[Spot FX]] is not a {{mifid2prov|financial instrument}} within the scope of [[MiFID 2]]. See Article 10(2) of [https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A32017R0565 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565]. |