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In re Standard Manufacturing Co: CA 1891

Company debentures were expressly excepted from the operation of the Bills of Sales Act (1878) Amendment Act 1882 by section 17 of that Act because they were debentures ‘issued by any mortgage, loan, or other incorporated company’. Nor were debentures bills of sale to which the Act of 1878 applied and company debentures themselves were … Continue reading In re Standard Manufacturing Co: CA 1891

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The Queen v The Derbyshire, Staffordshire And Worcestershire Junction Railway: 31 May 1854

Under sect. 36 of The Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 (8 and! 9 Vict. c. 16), a party who has recovered judgment against a company is not precluded from assuring execution aquarist the shareholders who have riot paid up for their shares, though lands of the company have been delivered on elegit, if the proceeds … Continue reading The Queen v The Derbyshire, Staffordshire And Worcestershire Junction Railway: 31 May 1854

Looe Fuels Ltd., Regina (on the Application of) v Looe Harbour Commissioners: Admn 27 Apr 2007

The claimants sought judicial review of a decision of the defendant harbour masters themselves to install and sell from the harbour all fule for use by boats using it, saying that they had no power to operate such an enterprise. Held: Whilst the sale of fuel would assist the town, it was not part of … Continue reading Looe Fuels Ltd., Regina (on the Application of) v Looe Harbour Commissioners: Admn 27 Apr 2007

Farstad Supply As v Enviroco Ltd: SC 5 May 2010

The defendants (E) were liable to F after a serious offshore accident, but sought a contribution from a third party (A), the main charterers, seeking to rely on section 3(2) o the 1940 Act saying that ‘if sued they might have been liable’. The court was asked to interpret the section, saying whether this answer … Continue reading Farstad Supply As v Enviroco Ltd: SC 5 May 2010