Fraudulent Conveyance in UK Law

  • Rasu Maritima S.A. v Perusahaan Pertambangan Minyak Dan Gas Bumi Negara (Government of the Republic of Indonesia intervening)
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 09 Marzo 1977
    ... ... In those proceedings any fraudulent conveyance or preference - done to defeat creditors - can be set aside ... ...
  • Saunders v Edwards
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 13 Marzo 1987
    ... ... The judge awarded the plaintiff £7,000 as damages for the fraudulent misrepresentation and an additional £500 for inconvenience and ... fraudulent evasion of stamp duty on the subsequent transfer or conveyance, seeks to enforce that contract, he may (depending upon the circumstances) ... ...
  • Tinsley v Milligan
    • House of Lords
    • 24 Junio 1993
    ... ... when two persons agree together in a conspiracy to effect a fraudulent or illegal purpose — and one of them transfers property to the other in ... 172), inter alia, "… that the illegal purpose for which this conveyance was made bars that equity". There are many other cases in the first half ... ...
  • Steadman v Steadman
    • House of Lords
    • 19 Junio 1974
    ... ... Using fraud in its older and less precise sense, that would be fraudulent on his part and it has become proverbial that Courts of Equity will not ... The fact that he incurred legal costs and then caused a draft conveyance" to be sent to his wife's solicitors (which she ignored after receiving it\xE2\x80" ... ...
  • O'Sullivan v Management Agency and Music Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 14 Febrero 1984
    ... ... He ordered the re-conveyance to O'Sullivan of the copyrights assigned under the various agreements, and ... contract for the sale of shares was set aside on the ground of fraudulent misrepresentation by the purchaser, although the shares had increased in ... ...
  • Rolled Steel Products (Holdings) Ltd v British Steel Corporation
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 11 Junio 1984
    ... ... of a subsequent claim by a liquidator that such a payment was a fraudulent preference, or perhaps even a misfeasance". The agreed note of the meeting ... If two trustees convey trust property in breach of trust, the conveyance is not void. As human beings they have the capacity to transfer the legal ... ...
  • New Cap Reinsurance Corporation Ltd ((in Liquidation)) v Grant; Rubin v Eurofinance SA
    • Supreme Court
    • 24 Octubre 2012
    ... ... for about US$10m under State and Federal law in respect of fraudulent conveyances and transfers was enforced in England at common law. In New ... based on state or federal avoidance laws, including fraudulent conveyance under State Fraudulent Conveyance Laws, and under federal law, namely ... ...
  • Bradford Third Equitable Benefit Building Society v Borders
    • House of Lords
    • 09 Mayo 1941
    ... ... Borders by way of damages for false and fraudulent representations by the Appellants. By this fraud it is alleged that she ... manner, and that she had thereby been induced to accept a conveyance of the said house. At the trial before Bennett J. she alleged that she had ... ...
  • R v Raymond George May
    • House of Lords
    • 14 Mayo 2008
    ... ... The defendant had pleaded guilty to fraudulent evasion of excise duty. Duty of some £130,000 should have been, but had ... disposition or control, as where a person directs a payment or conveyance of property to someone else. He ordinarily obtains a pecuniary advantage ... ...
  • Nokes v Doncaster Amalgamated Collieries
    • House of Lords
    • 20 Agosto 1940
    ... ... Otherwise the transfer of the assets would very much resemble a fraudulent conveyance. This is dealt with by making the new company take over and so ... ...
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