Results: 69

• In re Sharman’s Settlement; Public Trustee v Sharman

  26 Oct 1942 [1943] Ch 5, Ch D (Bennett J)

  SETTLEMENT — Construction — Life interest in settled fund
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  SETTLEMENT — Construction — Life interest in settled fund — Covenant to make up annual income to £3,000 after deduction of income tax and payment of super-tax — Death of annuitant — Assessment to sur-tax payable after death — Liability of settlor’s estate — Exoneration of annuitant
• In Re Hodge; Midland Bank Executor and Trustee Co Ltd v Morrison

  02 Jul 1943 [1943] Ch 300, Ch D

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive.
  WILL — Construction — Annuity
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  WILL — Construction — Annuity — Acceleration — Provision for payment after death of tenant for life — Disclaimer by tenant for life of interest under will.

• In Re Baron, Ex Parte The Debtor v The Official Receiver

  05 Apr 1943 [1943] Ch 177, DC

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  BANKRUPTCY — Adjudication — Appeal
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  BANKRUPTCY — Adjudication — Appeal — Right of creditor to be heard — “Person aggrieved” — Bankruptcy Act, 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 59), s. 108, sub-s. 2.

  1 Statute considered

• In Re Potter’s Will Trusts

  27 May 1943 [1943] Ch 255, Ch D

  WILL — Construction — Executory trust
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  WILL — Construction — Executory trust — Direction to trustees to settle daughter's share on her marriage — “For benefit of my daughter and that of any children she may have” — Husband's and wife's funds settled on children of marriage — Death of husband, and second marriage of wife — Right of children of second marriage to share with those of first marriage.

• In Re Suburban and Provincial Stores Ltd

  01 Mar 1943 [1943] Ch 156, CA

  COMPANY — Variation of shareholders' rights — Cancellation
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  COMPANY — Variation of shareholders' rights — Cancellation — Time limit for application — Support at that date of fifteen per cent. of shares affected — Companies Act, 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 23), s. 61, sub-ss. 1, 2.

  1 Statute considered
• Singer (A) & Co (Hat Manufacturers) Ltd, In re

  25 Jan 1943 [1943] Ch 121, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 2.
  COMPANY — Winding-up — Practice
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  COMPANY — Winding-up — Practice — Undue preference — Summons for declaration that payment invalid — Joinder of sureties as third parties or respondents — Direction to liquidator to substitute proceedings by writ.
• In Re Armstrong’s Will Trusts; Graham v Armstrong

  29 Jul 1943 [1943] Ch 400, Ch D

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive.
  SETTLED LAND — Tenant for life — Option to son to purchase settled property after death of tenant for life
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  SETTLED LAND — Tenant for life — Option to son to purchase settled property after death of tenant for life — Sales by tenant for life of part of settled property — Right of son to exercise option over proceeds of sales — Settled Land Act, 1925 (15 Geo. 5, c. 18), s. 75, sub-s. 5.

  1 Statute considered

• In Re Schebsman, Deceased, Ex Parte The Official Receiver, The Trustee v Cargo Superintendents (London) Ltd and Schebsman

  12 Jul 1943 [1943] Ch 366, Ch D

  CONTRACT — Contract for benefit of third party — Performance by payment to third party against wish of obligee
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  CONTRACT — Contract for benefit of third party — Performance by payment to third party against wish of obligee — Bankruptcy — Settlement — Avoidance — Settlement made within two years before bankruptcy — Agreement for payments to debtor's wife and daughte

  1 Statute considered

• District Bank Ltd v Luigi Grill Ltd

  08 Dec 1942 [1943] Ch 78, Ch D

  MORTGAGE — Security — Non-disclosure of material information
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  MORTGAGE — Security — Non-disclosure of material information — Action against solicitor — Absence of intent to defraud — Competence — Law of Property Act, 1925 (15 Geo. 5, c. 20), s. 183, sub-s. 2.

  1 Statute considered

• In Re Pollock; Pugsley v Pollock

  30 Jul 1943 [1943] Ch 338, Ch D

  ADMINISTRATION — Interest on legacy — Date from which payable
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  ADMINISTRATION — Interest on legacy — Date from which payable — Legacy payable “immediately after my death” — Legacy to trustees of infant son on attaining twenty-five.