Arab Bank Plc v Merchantile Holdings Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1994
Date1994
CourtChancery Division
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18 cases
  • AMG Global Nominees (Private) Ltd v SMM Holdings Ltd and another
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 13 Febrero 2008
    ...reduction in SMMH's assets for the purposes of Section 152(1)(a)(iv) of the Act. 55 In Arab Bank plc v Mercantile Holdings Limited 1994 Chancery 71 Mr Justice Millett was considering a transaction in which the foreign subsidiary of a target company incorporated in England had allowed a prop......
  • AMG Global Nominees (Private) Ltd v SMM Holdings Ltd and another
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 24 Octubre 2008
  • Murphy v GM PB PC Ltd and GH
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 4 Junio 1999
    ...V MARQUIS COSIMO DE MEDICI TORNAQUINCI 1918 34 TLR 623 BROKAW V SEATRAIN (UK) LTD 1971 2 QB 476 ARAB BANK PLC V MERCANTILE HOLDINGS LTD 1994 CH 71 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION V ARABIAN AMERICAN OIL CO 499 US 244 FOLEY BROS, IN RE 336 US 285 BENZ V COMPANIA NAVIERA HIDALGO SA 3......
  • R (MK (Iran)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 28 Junio 2010
    ...to the conduct of a foreigner carried out outside the jurisdiction: Air India v Wiggins (1980) 71 Cr App R 213. 54 In Arab Bank plc v Merchantile Holdings Ltd [1994] Ch 71, at 83, Millett J, as he then was, said this: “There is a presumption that, in the absence of a contrary intention expr......
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4 books & journal articles
  • The Conflict of Laws and Statutes: The International Operational of Legislation Dealing With Matters of Civil Law in the United Kingdom and Australia
    • United Kingdom
    • The Modern Law Review No. 60-5, September 1997
    • 1 Septiembre 1997
    ...J (Lloyd and Hirst LJJ agreeing) at 354 and Hirst LJ (Lloyd LJ agreeing) at 360. ContrastArab Bank plc vMercantile Holdings Ltd [1994] 2 WLR 307, 313–314.52 cf In re Paramount Airways Ltd [1993] Ch 223 per Sir Donald Nicholls V-C (Taylor andFarquharson LJJ agreeing) at 236 and 233; In re Se......
  • CONFLICT OF LAWS IN INSOLVENCY TRANSACTION AVOIDANCE
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2008, December 2008
    • 1 Diciembre 2008
    ...33. 36 [1983] 2 AC 130 (HL) at 144—145, 152. 37 Lawson v Serco [2006] UKHL 3; [2006] 1 All ER 823 at [6]. See also Arab Bank v Merchantile[1994] 1 Ch 71 at 82, per Millett J: “There is a presumption that, in the absence of a contrary intention express or implied, United Kingdom legislation ......
  • JURISDICTION ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL TORT LITIGATION: A SINGAPORE VIEW
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 1995, December 1995
    • 1 Diciembre 1995
    ...note 5. 149 A recent application of this principle of statutory interpretation can be found in Arab Bank Plc v Mercantile Holdings Ltd[1994] 2 WLR 307. See also, Tan,“Supreme Court of Judicature (Amendment) Act 1993”[1993] SJLS 557, 563-566. 150 [1995] 1 SLR 577. 151 See also, Morse, supra,......
  • FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: THE CASE FOR RE-EXAMINING SECTION 76 OF THE COMPANIES ACT
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2007, December 2007
    • 1 Diciembre 2007
    ...than just the sum total of its members”; see also Brady v Brady[1989] AC 755 at 778. 39 Supra, n 9, at [189]. 40 Supra, n 9, at [13]. 41 [1994] Ch 71. 42 Supra, n 9, at [41(g)]. 43 [1995] 2 AC 500. See also El Ajou v Dollar Land Holdings plc[1994] 2 All ER 685. 44 Supra, n 33 at 324. 45 In ......

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