Results: 76

• Andreae v Selfridge & Co Ltd

  28 May 1937 [1938] Ch 1, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 10.
  NUISANCE — Rebuilding operations — Nuisance from noise and dust
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  NUISANCE — Rebuilding operations — Nuisance from noise and dust — Reasonable care — New methods of demolition and rebuilding — Damages — Discrimination between permissible and non-permissible nuisance.

• In Re British Games Ltd

  16 Nov 1937 [1938] Ch 240, Ch D

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  COMPANY — Voluntary Winding-up — Proof of debt
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  COMPANY — Voluntary Winding-up — Proof of debt — Moneylending transaction — Loan consolidating previous loans and arrears of interest — Fresh loan created without new advance — Contract to be signed “personally” by the borrower — Execution by company — Signature of director and secretary — Moneylenders Act, 1927 (17 & 18 Geo. 5, c. 21), s. 6, sub-ss. 1, 2; s. 9, sub-s. 2 — Companies Act, 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 23), s. 29.

  2 Statutes considered

• In Re Harward; Newton v Bankes

  30 Mar 1938 [1938] Ch 632, Ch D

  WILL — Construction — Absolute gift by will
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  WILL — Construction — Absolute gift by will — Legacy settled by codicil — Death of legatee in lifetime of testatrix — No lapse — Legacy held on remaining trusts of codicil.

• In Re Warwick’s Settlement Trusts; Greville Trust Co v Grey

  28 Apr 1937 [1937] Ch 561, Ch D

  18 Feb 1938 [1938] Ch 530, CA

  SETTLED LAND — Tenant for life — Assignment of equitable life interest
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  SETTLED LAND — Tenant for life — Assignment of equitable life interest — Deficiency of income to meet jointure and interest on portions — Payment in full by assignee — Whether assignee entitled to recoupment out of corpus.

• In Re “C”

  28 Jul 1937 [1938] Ch 121, Ch D

  ADOPTION — Infant — Application by husband and wife
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  ADOPTION — Infant — Application by husband and wife — Infant the wife's daughter — Husband no blood relation to infant — Prohibited degrees of consanguinity — Prohibited degrees of affinity — Right of adoption of one applicant alone — Adoption of Children Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5, c. 29), ss. 1, 2, 3.

  1 Statute considered

• In Re B P Fowler Ltd[No 0027 of 1937]

  23 Jul 1937 [1938] Ch 113, Ch D

  COMPANY — Winding-up — Fraudulent Preference
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  COMPANY — Winding-up — Fraudulent Preference — Set-off — Companies Act, 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. 5), s. 265.

  1 Statute considered

• In Re Godwin; Coutts and Co v Godwin

  13 Jan 1938 [1938] Ch 341, Ch D

  TRUST — Will — Bank made executor and trustee
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  TRUST — Will — Bank made executor and trustee — Direction to set aside sums sufficient to provide specified annuities — Income and withdrawal fees — Incidence as between annuities and residue.

• In Re Cox (Deceased); Public Trustee v Eve

  16 Feb 1938 [1938] Ch 556, Ch D

  ADMINISTRATION — Annuities — Legacies out of residue
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  ADMINISTRATION — Annuities — Legacies out of residue — Estate insufficient to provide full income for annuities — Sufficient to pay actuarial value of annuities and leave residue — Annuities to be valued and value paid to annuitants.

• In Re Turner; Tennant v Turner

  01 Apr 1938 [1938] Ch 593, Ch D

  WILL — Legacy of shares in company — Debt owing by testator to company
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  WILL — Legacy of shares in company — Debt owing by testator to company — Company entitled to lien on shares for debt — “Interest in property …. charged with the payment of money” — Equitable change — Administration of Estates Act,

  1 Statute considered

• Fowke v Fowke

  02 May 1938 [1938] Ch 774, Ch D

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  DEED — Deed of separation — Covenant by husband to pay annuity
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  DEED — Deed of separation — Covenant by husband to pay annuity — Covenant by wife not to pledge husband's credit — Subsequent decree of nullity — Effect of decree on deed.