Results: 63

• Municipal And General Securities Co Ltd v Lloyds Bank Ltd

  09 Nov 1949 [1950] Ch 212, Ch D

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive.
  TRUST — Construction of trust deed — Nationalization of certain undertakings
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  TRUST — Construction of trust deed — Nationalization of certain undertakings — Government stock issued in substitution for ordinary shares in undertakings — Sale of Government stock — Application for power to sell — Trustee Act, 1925 (15 Geo. 5, c. 19), s. 57 — Transport Act, 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6, c. 49), s. 16, sch. V, pt. I, para. 5 — Electricity Act, 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6, c. 54), s. 20, sch. III, pt. I, para. 5 — Gas Act, 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6, c. 67), s. 25, sch. II, pt. I, para. 5, pt. II, para. 2.

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered

• In Re Hart’s Will Trusts; Public Trustee v Barclays Bank Limited

  02 Nov 1949 [1950] Ch 84, Ch D

  WILL — Construction — Residuary trust fund
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  WILL — Construction — Residuary trust fund — Settlement of two-sixths for step-children, of four-sixths for children, of testator — Provision for accruer of two-sixths, on failure of trusts thereof, to four-sixths — No provision for accruer of four-sixths, on failure of trusts thereof, to two-sixths — Ultimate trusts of residuary trust fund, on failure of trusts of two-sixths and of four-sixths, for “persons …. at time of failure …. entitled …. under the statutes for the distribution of the personal estate of intestates. …” — Death of testator after January 1, 1926 — Reference to “statutes for …: distribution ….” a reference to Administration of Estates Act, 1925 (15 Geo. V. c. 23) — Rule against perpetuities — Validity of ultimate rusts of will — Death of testator childless — Hiatus in will by reason of omission of provision for accruer of four-sixths to two-sixths — Implication by court of cross-limitation carrying over four-sixths to two-sixths.

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered

• National Coal Board v Hornby

  29 Jul 1949 [1950] Ch 10, Ch D

  MINES — Mines and minerals — Specific performance
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  MINES — Mines and minerals — Specific performance — Farm — Agreement with colliery company containing option to purchase — Acquisition by National Coal Board of company's interest in the land — Effect on option — Coal Industry Nationalisation Act, 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6, c. 59), ss. 5, 7; sch. I, para. 9; sch. II, paras. 1, 2.

  1 Statute considered
• Westminster Corpn v Haste

  09 May 1950 [1950] Ch 442, Ch D

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 6.
  COMPANY — Demand for payment of general rate — Rate unpaid
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  COMPANY — Demand for payment of general rate — Rate unpaid — Receiver — Preferential debts — Misapprehension by receiver of duty to pay debt — Companies Act, 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6 c. 38) ss. 94, 319 — Limitation Act, 1939 (2 & 3 Geo. 6 c. 21) s. 2.

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered
• Debtor, In re A (No 564 of 1949), Ex parte Comrs of Customs and Excise v The Debtor

  23 Jan 1950 [1950] Ch 282, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 1.
  BANKRUPTCY — Infant trader — Purchase tax unpaid
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  BANKRUPTCY — Infant trader — Purchase tax unpaid — Tax debt due to His Majesty — Unsatisfied judgment — Bankruptcy petition — Whether infant liable to adjudication — Bankruptcy Act, 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 59), s. 3 — Finance (No. 2) Act, 1940 (3 & 4 Geo. 6, c. 48), s. 31, sub-s. 2.

  6 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered
• Bradshaw, decd, In re, Bradshaw v Bradshaw

  14 Feb 1950 [1950] Ch 582, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 1.
  ADMINISTRATION — Lunacy — Intestacy
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  ADMINISTRATION — Lunacy — Intestacy — Devolution — “Beneficial interest in real estate” — Administration of Estates Act, 1925 (15 Geo. 5, c. 23) s. 51, sub-s. 2.

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered
• Whiteside v Whiteside

  08 Nov 1949 [1950] Ch 65, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral; 2 negative. Subsequent citations: 23.
  RECTIFICATION — Deed of Covenant — Payment to be “free of income tax”
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  RECTIFICATION — Deed of Covenant — Payment to be “free of income tax” — Mistake of law — Supplemental deed remedying position of covenantee — Income Tax Act, 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. 5, c. 40), General Rules, r. 23, sub-r. 2.

  3 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• In Re 38, 39 And 40, Windmill Street, St Pancras, London

  08 Dec 1949 [1950] Ch 308, Ch D

  LANDLORD AND TENANT — War damage — Value payment
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  LANDLORD AND TENANT — War damage — Value payment — “Short tenancy” — Term exceeding seven years by virtue of more than one instrument — War Damage Act, 1943 (6 & 7 Geo. 6, c. 21), ss. 12, 33, 123.

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered

• In Re Driffill, Decd; Harvey v Chamberlain

  17 Nov 1949 [1950] Ch 92, Ch D

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  CHARITY — Will — Bequest of residue to trustees “to promote the defence of the United Kingdom from the attack of hostile aircraft”
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  CHARITY — Will — Bequest of residue to trustees “to promote the defence of the United Kingdom from the attack of hostile aircraft” — Validity.

  2 Case(s) considered
• Ridley, decd, In re

  20 Apr 1950 [1950] Ch 415, Ch D

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral.
  ADMINISTRATION — Order of Application of Assets — Debts and funeral and testamentary expenses
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  ADMINISTRATION — Order of Application of Assets — Debts and funeral and testamentary expenses — Whether realty exonerated — Devise of “all my real estate which includes. …” — Whether residuary devise — Administration of Estates Act, 1925 (15 Geo. 5, c. 23), s. 34, sub-s. 3, sch. I, Part II, para. 2.

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered