Results: 83

• In Re Boulton’s Settlement Trust; Stewart v Boulton

  22 May 1928 [1928] Ch 703, Ch D

  POWER OF APPOINTMENT — Exercise by Will — Gift to Object of Power upon “protective trusts”
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  POWER OF APPOINTMENT — Exercise by Will — Gift to Object of Power upon “protective trusts” — Incorporation of statutory Clause — Validity — Excessive Execution — Delegation — Perpetuity — Trustee Act, 1925 (15 Geo. 5, c. 19), s. 33.

  1 Statute considered

• In Re Bancroft; Bancroft v Bancroft

  26 May 1927 [1928] Ch 577, Ch D

  WILL — Gift of “all my rights in connection with the play ‘D’” — No “contrary intention”
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  WILL — Gift of “all my rights in connection with the play ‘D’” — No “contrary intention” — Contract for sale of film Rights. Completion after Death of Testator — Right of Legatee to the purchase Price — Wills Act, 1837 (1 Vict. c. 26), s. 24.

  1 Statute considered

• In Re Johns; Worrell v Johns

  17 May 1928 [1928] Ch 737, Ch D

  Subsequent citations: 6.
  BANKRUPTCY — Bargain Void as being in Violation of the Bankruptcy Laws — Mortgage Deed
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  BANKRUPTCY — Bargain Void as being in Violation of the Bankruptcy Laws — Mortgage Deed — Proviso for Retention of Bonus by Mortgagee — Clause giving Mortgagee an increased Benefit if Mortgagor became a Bankrupt — Bankruptcy of Mortgagor — Death of Mortgagee — Claim by personal Representatives of Mortgagee — Claim by Trustee in Bankruptcy — Payment of Interest.

• Grant v Derwent

  24 Jul 1928 [1928] Ch 902, Ch D

  14 Dec 1928 [1929] 1 Ch 390, CA

  PUBLIC HEALTH — Sewers — Connecting Pipe
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  PUBLIC HEALTH — Sewers — Connecting Pipe — Sewer in Public Road — Soil of Road in Private Ownership — Premises abutting on Road — Right to connect Drain through Subsoil — Public Health Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 55), s. 21 — Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 59), s. 18 — Wimbledon Corporation Act, 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. clxiv.), s. 84.

  6 Statutes considered
• Bates, In re

  16 May 1928 [1928] Ch 682, Ch D

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral; 1 negative.
  COMPANY — Bonus — Distribution of Cash Bonuses
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  COMPANY — Bonus — Distribution of Cash Bonuses — Proceeds of Sale of Ships — Tenant for Life and Remainderman — Capital or Income.

• Caerphilly Urban District Council v Griffin

  07 Dec 1927 [1928] Ch 171, Ch D

  ELECTRICITY — Local Authority authorized to supply — Right of Individual to supply within Area
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  ELECTRICITY — Local Authority authorized to supply — Right of Individual to supply within Area — Business not primarily that of Supply of electrical Energy to Consumers — Electric Lighting Act, 1909 (9 Edw. 7, c. 34), s. 23.

  1 Statute considered

• In Re Brooks; Public Trustee v White

  06 Dec 1927 [1928] Ch 214, CA

  WILL — Construction — Residuary gift
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  WILL — Construction — Residuary gift — Life Interest to Testator's Widow — Remainder to Children or their “Personal representatives” — Whether Executors or Next of Kin.
• Johnson v Clarke

  29 Jun 1928 [1928] Ch 847, Ch D

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 2.
  VENDOR AND PURCHASER — Contract for Sale of Real Estate — Described as Subject to Tenancy from Year to Year
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  VENDOR AND PURCHASER — Contract for Sale of Real Estate — Described as Subject to Tenancy from Year to Year — Written Agreement with Tenant subsequently disclosed — Option to take Premises “on any lease suitable to you at the same rent” — Undertaking not to advance Rent — Power of personal Representatives to grant Option — Construction of Agreement — Specific Performance.

• First Russian Insurance Co (In Liquidation) v London and Lancashire Insurance Co Ltd

  23 May 1928 [1928] Ch 922, Ch D

  COMPANY — Reinsurance Company — Russian Company having branch office in England
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  COMPANY — Reinsurance Company — Russian Company having branch office in England — Soviet decree — Confiscation — Effect on Treaties with English reinsurance Company — Frustration.
• Grant v Knaresborough Urban Council

  17 Jan 1928 [1928] Ch 310, Ch D

  Subsequent considerations : 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 2.
  RATING — Rates — Rateable Value
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  RATING — Rates — Rateable Value — Licensed Premises — Form of Return — Requisitions for gross Takings and Outgoings — Invalidity — Action for Declaration — Withdrawal of Defence — Right of Plaintiff to proceed to Trial and prove Invalidity — Costs — Rating and Valuation Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 90), s. 40 — Rating and Valuation Act (Returns) Rules, 1926.

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered