Results: 109

• In Re Plummer (No 2)

  27 Jul 1917 [1917] 2 Ch 432, Ch D

  SOLICITOR — Taxation — Order of Course
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  SOLICITOR — Taxation — Order of Course — Prohibition against Commencement of Proceedings by Solicitor pending Reference — Motion to discharge — Delay — Solicitors Act, 1843 (6 & 7 Vict. c. 73), s. 37 — Rules of the Supreme Court, 1883, Order LXX., r. 2.

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• In Re May; Eggar v May

  07 Jun 1917 [1917] 2 Ch 126, Ch D

  16 Oct 1931 [1932] 1 Ch 99, CA

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  WILL — Legacy — Forfeiture if Legatee becomes a Roman Catholic
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  WILL — Legacy — Forfeiture if Legatee becomes a Roman Catholic — Attainment of Majority — Continuing to be Roman Catholic — Effect on Gift.

• In Re Gillies’ Settlement; Archer v Penney

  07 Jun 1917 [1917] 2 Ch 205, Ch D

  SETTLEMENT — Real Estate — No Words of Limitation
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  SETTLEMENT — Real Estate — No Words of Limitation — Equitable Estates in Fee Simple.

• In Re Condran; Condran v Stark

  03 Apr 1917 [1917] 1 Ch 639, Ch D

  REVENUE — Excess Profits Duty — Sale of Business
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  REVENUE — Excess Profits Duty — Sale of Business — Purchase-money payable by Instalments — “One third of the nett profits” of each Year — Deduction — Finance (No. 2) Act, 1915 (5 & 6 Geo. 5, c. 89), Part II., s. 35; Part III.

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• Hayman, Christy and Lilly Ltd, In re

  17 Jan 1917 [1917] 1 Ch 283, Ch D

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral.
  COMPANY — Insolvent Company — Debentures issued within Three Months of Winding up
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  COMPANY — Insolvent Company — Debentures issued within Three Months of Winding up — Debentures to secure Past and Future Advances — Fresh Advance repaid before Winding up — Measure of Validity — Companies (Consolidation) Act, 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c. 69), s. 212.

  1 Statute considered

• In Re Walker; Dunkerly v Hewerdine

  03 Nov 1916 [1917] 1 Ch 38, Ch D

  WILL — Construction — Tenant for life
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  WILL — Construction — Tenant for life — “Die leaving issue her surviving” — Gift to Issue on attaining Twenty-one — Death of Child after Twenty-one in Lifetime of Tenant for Life — Vested Interest.

• In Re Kennedy; Corbould v Kennedy

  03 Nov 1916 [1917] 1 Ch 9, CA

  WILL — Construction — Legacies, Annuities, and Bequests given “free of all death duties”
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  WILL — Construction — Legacies, Annuities, and Bequests given “free of all death duties” — Trust for Sale and Conversion — Direction to pay “Death Duties,” Debts, Legacies, and Annuities out of Proceeds — Settlement of Residue — Gift of Life Interest therein — Legacy Duty thereon — Incidence.

• In Re Saillard; Pratt v Gamble

  05 Jun 1917 [1917] 2 Ch 140, Ch D

  19 Jul 1917 [1917] 2 Ch 401, CA

  WILL — Direction to pay 200l. per Annum “free of all duties” to Solicitor-Trustee for Trouble in acting — Income Tax.
  SWINFEN EADY L.J. referred to the terms of the will and continued: It appears that John Gamble joined in proving the will and Algernon Edward Sydney, the executor named in the will, renounced probate of the will and codicil. So that under those circumstances John Gamble became entitled to an annuity or sum of 200l. per annum free of all duties; and the question raised by this appeal is whether Mr. Gamble takes that annual sum free of income tax — in other words, whether the gift comprised in the will is a gift not only of the sum of
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  WILL — Direction to pay 200l. per Annum “free of all duties” to Solicitor-Trustee for Trouble in acting — Income Tax.

• In Re H P Davies & Son

  29 Nov 1916 [1917] 1 Ch 216, Ch D

  SOLICITOR — Bill of Costs — Solicitor-Trustee
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  SOLICITOR — Bill of Costs — Solicitor-Trustee — Taxation by Co-trustee — “Party chargeable” — Solicitors Act, 1843 (6 & 7 Vict. c. 73), s. 37 — Rules of the Supreme Court, 1883, Order LIV., r. 4 (F) — Practice.

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• Carter v Hungerford

  08 Nov 1916 [1917] 1 Ch 260, Ch D

  SETTLEMENT — Voluntary Settlement — Covenant to pay off Mortgage
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  SETTLEMENT — Voluntary Settlement — Covenant to pay off Mortgage — General Power of Appointment — Power of Revocation — Undertaking by Settlor to transfer Property in Satisfaction of Covenant — Acceptance on behalf of Trustees — Consideration — Death of Settlor before Transfer — Imperfect Gift — No Claim by Executors — Legal Interest got in by Trustees — Subsequent Claim by Executors.