Burr v Smith

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date1909
Date1909
CourtCourt of Appeal
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11 cases
  • Al Jaber and Others v Mitchell and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 30 d5 Julho d5 2021
    ...produced by official receivers pursuant to their statutory duties in insolvency proceedings: see Bottomley v Brougham [1908] 1 KB 584, Burr v Smith [1909] 2 KB 306 and Mond v Hyde (the last of which the judge considered in detail). I will return to these cases below. The question in broad......
  • Mond v Hyde and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 16 d4 Julho d4 1998
    ...official receiver acting in the course of the liquidation of a company is similarly entitled to immunity from suit was considered in Burr -v- Smith & Ors. [1909] 2 KB 306 59 The court held that an action could not be brought against an official receiver for a statement made in his capacity......
  • Steve Straughn v David Corbin
    • Barbados
    • High Court (Barbados)
    • 20 d4 Junho d4 2019
    ...to enable it to make its annual general report to Parliament under the Companies (Winding up) Act 1890 was absolutely privileged ( Burr v. Smith [ (1909) 2 K.B. 306 at p. 313, per Fletcher Moulton L. J.]). But it was not without the dissent of Cockburn C.J. that unqualified privilege was g......
  • Semesta Insurance Underwriting Agency Sdn Bhd v Koperasi Insurance (M) Bhd
    • Malaysia
    • High Court (Malaysia)
    • 1 d5 Janeiro d5 2010
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