Cukurova Finance International Ltd and Another v Alfa Telecom Turkey Ltd: PC 30 Jan 2013

(British Virgin Islands) The claimant sought to recover shareholdings given in charge.
Held: There was an event of default, which entitled ATT to accelerate the loan and to appropriate – or forfeit – the charged shares, but that relief against forfeiture should be available to CH and CFI on appropriate conditions. Lord Neuberger giving the judgment of the Privy Council referred to the ‘title’ of the mortgagee in the following way: ‘In equity, a mortgagee has a limited title which is available only to secure satisfaction of the debt. The security is enforceable for that purpose and no other.’ and ‘any act by way of enforcement of the security (at least if it is purely) for a collateral purpose will be ineffective, at any rate as between mortgagor and mortgagee.’

Judges:

Lord Neuberger, Lord Mance, Lord Kerr, Lord Clarke, Lord Sumption

Citations:

[2013] UKPC 2

Links:

Bailii, Bailii Summary

Citing:

See AlsoCukurova Finance International Ltd and Another v Alfa Telecom Turkey Ltd PC 5-May-2009
(British Virgin Islands) Shares in two companies incorporated under the BVI Business Companies Act 2004, Cukurova Finance International Ltd and Cukurova Telecoms Holdings Ltd were provided as security under two sets of equitable mortgages, one set . .
See AlsoCukurova Finance International Ltd and Others v Alfa Telecom Turkey Ltd PC 23-May-2012
(British Virgin Islands) Interlocutory issue as to who should manage the affairs of the Turkcell mobile telephone business pending the Board’s final adjudication (after a hearing which should take place this autumn) on the rights and wrongs of what . .
CitedQuennell v Maltby CA 15-Nov-1978
A house was mortgaged to a bank. The house was then let to tenants at an annual rate of pounds 1,000. The tenants were protected as against the mortgagor by the Rent Acts. The tenancy was not binding on the bank. The mortgagor’s wife took a transfer . .

Cited by:

See AlsoCukurova Finance International Ltd and Another v Alfa Telecom Turkey Ltd PC 9-Jul-2013
British Virgin Islands . .
See AlsoCukurova Finance International Ltd and Another v Alfa Telecom Turkey Ltd PC 29-Jul-2013
(British Virgin Islands) . .
See AlsoCukurova Holding As v Sonera Holding Bv PC 13-May-2014
(British Virgin Islands) The appellant sought to have set aside the Final Decision of an arbitrator. . .
CitedThe Co-Operative Bank Plc v Phillips ChD 21-Aug-2014
The bank had brought possession proceedings against the defendant under two legal charges securing personal guarantees. The proceedings had been abandoned, but the court now was asked whether costs for the defendant should be on the standard or . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Commonwealth, Land, Equity

Updated: 13 November 2022; Ref: scu.470677