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In Re Conley: CA 1938
A loan had been made, secure by a deposit by a third party. The company was said to have repaid the secured overdraft to secure the release of the deposit and its release from the hands of the general creditors. The court was asked whether the person providing the security had acted as a ‘surety … Continue reading In Re Conley: CA 1938
In re Cutts (a bankrupt); Ex parte Bognor Mutual Building Society: CA 1956
Decisions are often made not for a single reason but for a number. The phrase ‘with a view of’ a fraudulent preference was given to one creditor over others, it required it to be established what the person’s dominant intention was.Lord Evershed MR said: ‘If a debtor, knowing himself to be insolvent and knowing also … Continue reading In re Cutts (a bankrupt); Ex parte Bognor Mutual Building Society: CA 1956
Peat -v Gresham Trust Ltd: HL 1934
The phrase ‘with a view of’ in the context of an assertion of making a faudulent preference required it to be established what the person’s dominant intention was to make such. In order to determine what, on the probabilities, was the ‘dominant, . .
Cherry v Boultbee: HL 22 Nov 1839
B died having made a will leaving a fund to pay income to A who owed her money but had been made bankrupt before the death. The debt to B remained unpaid. Held: The liability to pay the debt and the right to receive the legacy had never tested in the same person, and therefore … Continue reading Cherry v Boultbee: HL 22 Nov 1839
In re a Debtor (No 784 of 1991): 1992
The court considered how earlier cases were to be considered given that the 1986 Act was intended to be a complete and self contained code: ‘Those authorities show that, in approaching the language of the 1986 Act, one must pay particular attention to the purposes and policies of its own provisions and be wary of … Continue reading In re a Debtor (No 784 of 1991): 1992
In re Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander Ltd: SC 19 Oct 2011
The bank had been put into administrative receivership, and the court was now asked as to how distributions were to be made, and in particular as to the application of the equitable rule in Cherry v Boultbee in the rule against double proof as it applies in situations involving guarantees and other sureties. Held: The … Continue reading In re Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander Ltd: SC 19 Oct 2011
Burnett’s Trustee v Grainger and Another: HL 4 Mar 2004
A flat was sold, but before the purchasers registered the transfer, the seller was sequestrated, and his trustee registered his own interest as trustee. The buyer complained that the trustee was unjustly enriched.
Held: The Act defined the . .
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