Kommune and Another v DEPFA Acs Bank: ComC 4 Sep 2009

Local authorities in Denmark sought to recover sums paid to the defendant banks for swap trading, saying that the payments had been outwith their powers.

Judges:

Tomlinson J

Citations:

[2009] EWHC 2227 (Comm)

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

CitedWestdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale v Islington London Borough Council HL 22-May-1996
Simple interest only on rate swap damages
The bank had paid money to the local authority under a contract which turned out to be ultra vires and void. The question was whether, in addition to ordering the repayment of the money to the bank on unjust enrichment principles, the court could . .
CitedGuinness Mahon and Co Ltd v Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council CA 2-Mar-1998
Where a local authority entered into a loan agreement outside its powers, the agreement was void ab initio, not merely voidable, and all moneys paid could be reclaimed. . .
CitedKleinwort Benson Ltd v Lincoln City Council etc HL 29-Jul-1998
Right of Recovery of Money Paid under Mistake
Kleinwort Benson had made payments to a local authority under swap agreements which were thought to be legally enforceable when made. Subsequently, a decision of the House of Lords, (Hazell v. Hammersmith and Fulham) established that such swap . .
CitedDeutsche Morgan Grenfell Group Plc v Inland Revenue and Another HL 25-Oct-2006
The tax payer had overpaid Advance Corporation Tax under an error of law. It sought repayment. The revenue contended that the claim was time barred.
Held: The claim was in restitution, and the limitation period began to run from the date when . .
CitedLipkin Gorman (a Firm) v Karpnale Ltd HL 6-Jun-1991
The plaintiff firm of solicitors sought to recover money which had been stolen from them by a partner, and then gambled away with the defendant. He had purchased their gaming chips, and the plaintiff argued that these, being gambling debts, were . .
CitedNIRU Battery Manufacturing Company and Another v Milestone Trading Ltd and others ComC 8-May-2003
There was a contract for the sale of lead ingots. The sale was supported by letters of credit but inaccurate certificates were issued to release payment. The parties sought now to amend the contributions in the light of the Royal Brompton Hospital . .
CitedGoss and others v Laurence George Chilcott As Liquidator of Central Acceptance Limited (In Liquidation) PC 23-May-1996
(New Zealand) Mr and Mrs Goss, had been granted a loan by the claimant finance company under a mortgage instrument that had been avoided by the claimant because it had been fraudulently altered by Mr Haddon, an employee of the claimant, without the . .

Cited by:

Appeal FromHaugesund Kommune and Another v Depfa Acs Bank CA 27-May-2010
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Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Financial Services, Local Government, Banking

Updated: 04 August 2022; Ref: scu.374385