Ellis v Torrington

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtCourt of Appeal
Date1920
Year1920

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41 cases
  • Camdex International Ltd v Bank of Zambia
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 3 April 1996
    ...of the property. (Indeed, normally, the legal owner will be the only person entitled to exercise those legal rights.) In Ellis v Torrington [1920] 1 KB 399 at 410 Scrutton LJ succinctly summa-rised the position: "[The courts] treated debts as property, and the necessity of an action at law ......
  • SPV Osus Ltd v HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Ireland) Ltd
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 31 July 2018
    ...the assignment. There is in my opinion nothing resembling maintenance or champerty in the deed of assignment.' 41 Ellis v. Torrington [1920] 1 K.B. 399 is a somewhat complicated case following Williams v. Protheroe (1829) 3 Y. & J. 129 and Dawson v. Great Northern and City Railway Co. [19......
  • Compania Colombiana de Seguros v Pacific Steam Navigation Company ; Empresa de Telefona de Bogota v Pacific Steam Navigation Company (Salaverry.)
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • Invalid date
    ... ... Finally, I must refer to Ellis v. Torrington. F57 I can go straight to the judgment of Bankes L.J. where, after quoting from the judgment of Parker J. in Glegg v. Bromley , F58 ... ...
  • Trendtex Trading Corporation v Credit Suisse
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 2 May 1980
    ...there was attached, as incidental to it, a right to bring an action, see7 Dawson v. G. N. R.. (1905) 1 King's Bench at pages 270-1; Ellis v. Torrington (1920) 1 King's Bench 399; or an undisputed debt was assigned because this was regarded as a piece of property, see Fitzroy v. Cave (1905) ......
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