Receivership in UK Law

  • Williams and Humbert Ltd v W. & H. Trade Marks (Jersey) Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 12 December 1985
  • Re Atlantic Computer Systems Plc
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 25 July 1990
    ... ... any liabilities such as rates or taxes which arise from such use or realisation, are to be treated as an expense of the winding up or receivership and paid accordingly. Where the use or realisation is based upon a contractual right, the proper price is that provided for by the contract. I ... ...
  • Medforth v Blake
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 26 May 1999
    ... ... the facts pleaded in the Amended Statement of Claim and Reply:— (1) Did the Defendants in the course of the receivership of the plaintiff's farm owe to the plaintiff only a duty of good faith when — (a) exercising their powers of sale; and/or (b) ... ...
  • Silven Properties Ltd v Royal Bank of Scotland Plc
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 21 October 2003
    ... ... 9 When they began their receivership, the Receivers adopted the strategy of investigating the possibility of adding value to some of the mortgaged properties by obtaining planning ... ...
  • Leyland Daf Ltd, Re sub nom Buchler v Talbot
    • House of Lords
    • 04 March 2004
    ... ... 6 The receivers proceeded to realise the assets comprised in the charges. They paid the receivership preferential creditors, totalling £8m. They made substantial interim distributions to Ofasec, the debenture holder. The receivers now hold, from ... ...
  • Powdrill and Another v Watson and Another ; Talbot and Another v Cadge and Another ; Talbot and Another v Grundy and Another
    • House of Lords
    • 16 March 1995
    ... ... it is in the interests of the secured creditor that the whole or part of the company's business should continue, notwithstanding the receivership, so that it can be sold as a going concern rather than on a break-up basis. For this purpose it is necessary for the company, acting by the receiver, ... ...
  • Derby & Company Ltd v Weldon (No. 6)
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 10 May 1990
    ... ... The other, and more fundamental, was whether, as the plaintiffs claim, the deendants should be ordered to cause or procure the receivership assets to be transferred out of Switzerland and/or into the control of the Receiver. For reasons which will appear, there are the two objectives, (1) ... ...
  • Capewell v HM Revenue and Customs
    • House of Lords
    • 31 January 2007
    ... ... This order was made under section 77(8) of CJA 1988. Paragraph (3) of the order provided: "The costs of the Receivership shall be paid in the Receivership in accordance with the letter of agreement as exhibited to the witness statement of Colin Jones made on this the ... ...
  • Robbie (N. W.) & Company Ltd v Witney Warehouse Company Ltd
    • Court of Appeal
    • 29 July 1963
    ... ... his supervision and continued to sell goods on credit to the defendants so that for goods supplied after the 24th May, 1961, before the Receivership and after there had arisen a total indebtedness from the defendants of £1,346. 6s. 1 d ... 6 Between November, 1960, and ... ...
  • Lewisham and Guys Mental Health NHS Trust v Andrews (Deceased)
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 23 March 2000
    ... ... 1 This appeal gives rise to an interesting and difficult question in an arcane field at the intersection of the old equitable remedy of receivership and the modern procedures of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 designed to combat serious crime. The problem in a nutshell is this: if a receiver is ... ...
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