The parties disputed whether shares in a joint stock company were choses in action for the purposes of the 1883 Act so as to make them available to creditors on a bankruptcy. Held: The appeal succeeded. Blackburn L noted that there had always been a difference between personal property, which was capable of being stolen, … Continue reading Colonial Bank v Whinney: HL 1886
The court was asked to decide whether shares in a joint stock company were to be classified as choses in action for the purposes of the proviso to section 44(iii) of the 1883 Act by which property in the order or disposition of the bankrupt in his trade or business with the consent of the … Continue reading Colonial Bank v Whinney: CA 1885
The claimant employed the defendant to manage subscription lists for the claimant’s magazines. The claimant came to seek damages, and the defendant for non-payment of its invoices. The court was now asked whether it was possible to assert a common law possessory lien over the computer database now retained by the defendant. Held: The publisher’s … Continue reading Your Response Ltd v Datateam Business Media Ltd: CA 14 Mar 2014
