Ellis & Company 's Trustee v Dixon-Johnson

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1925
CourtHouse of Lords
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8 cases
  • Re Bank of Credit and Commerce International SA ((in Liquidation)) (No. 8)
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 30 October 1997
    ...is able to restore the security which has been provided. The principle is undisputed, having been affirmed by this House in Ellis & Co's Trustee v. Dixon-Johnson [1925] A.C. 489, although Mr. Crystal for B.C.C.I. said that it was limited to restoration of security given by the debtor and d......
  • CPIT Investments Ltd v Qilin World Capital Ltd and another
    • Singapore
    • International Commercial Court (Singapore)
    • 17 July 2017
    ...[1924] 1 Ch 342 (“Ellis (HC)”), affirmed by both the Court of Appeal at [1924] 2 Ch 451 (“Ellis (CA)”) and the House of Lords at [1925] AC 489 (collectively referred to as “Ellis”). In Ellis, shares had been deposited with stock brokers as security for sums due from the defendant. Without t......
  • Crispette and Candy Co Ltd v Oscar Michaelis, NO and Leopold Alexander Michaelis, NO
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...the loan to tender redelivery of the property pledged; the English rule stated in Ellis & Co.'s Trustee v Dixon-Johnson 1947 (4) SA p535 (1925, A.C. 489) is not part of our law. The interpretation of a contract is a matter of law and it is not ground for striking out that a particular parag......
  • Morris et al. v. Rayners Enterprises Inc. et al., (1997) 222 N.R. 352 (HL)
    • Canada
    • 30 October 1997
    ...Ch. 156, refd to. [para. 32]. Foley v. Hill (1848), 2 H.L. Cas. 28, refd to. [para. 33]. Ellis & Co.'s Trustee v. Dixon-Johnson, [1925] A.C. 489, refd to. [para. John McDonnell, Q.C., for the appellants Rayners; Christopher Carr, Q.C., and Michael Todd, for the appellants Agrichemicals;......
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1 books & journal articles
  • SECURITY DEPOSIT ARRANGEMENTS IN INSOLVENCY
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 1996, December 1996
    • 1 December 1996
    ...note 89, at 112; Re Last(1994) 124 ALR 219 at 221. 148 Supra, note 27. 149 Supra, note 12. 150 Ellis & Co’s Trustee v Dixon-Johnson [1925] AC 489. 151 Supra, note 12. 152 Supra, note 12, at 651B—G. See also the discussion of the point at first instance: [1995] Ch 46 at 58B—62A. See also Cla......

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