Japan Leasing (Europe) Plc v Shoa Leasing (Singapore) PTE Ltd: ChD 30 Jul 1999

The court considered a hire purchase agreement for an aircraft between four leasing companies and Olympic Airways. The contract documentation provided for the payment of the price in instalments to designated accounts in various currencies of one of the lessors, Japan Leasing. Japan Leasing was to receive the money on behalf of itself and the other three lessors. Japan Leasing went into administration, and a month later received an instalment into the designated accounts. The issue was whether that money was held in trust to pay their shares to the three other lessors.
Held: The court rejected the primary argument of the three solvent lessors that there was an express trust, but held that the last instalment was held on a constructive trust for the other lessors.

Judges:

Nicholas Warren QC

Citations:

[1999] BPIR 911, [2000] WTLR 301, [1998] EWHC 322 (Ch)

Links:

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

Wrongy decidedBailey and Another v Angove’s Pty Ltd SC 27-Jul-2016
The defendant had agreed to act as the claimant’s agent and distributor of the claimant’s wines in the UK. It acted both as agent and also bought wines on its own account. When the defendant went into litigation the parties disputed the right of the . .
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Insolvency, Trusts

Updated: 02 June 2022; Ref: scu.568651