Hughes and Others v Hannover Ruckversicherungs-Aktiengesellschaft

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date28 January 1997
Date28 January 1997
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)

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  • Re Al Sabah
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 11 January 2005
    ...Hart, In re, ex p. Green, [1912] 3 K.B. 6; [191113] All E.R. Rep. Ext. 1164, followed. (10) Hughes v. Hannover Rckversicherungs-A.G., [1997] 1 BCLC 497; [1997] BCC 921, followed. (11) Osborn, In re, ex p. Trustee, [193132] B. & C.R. 189, referred to. (12) R. v. Jameson, [1896] 2 Q.B. 425; (......
  • A2/2004/2173 John Louis Carter Fourie (Appellant) Allan Le Roux and Others (Respondents) A2/2004/2602 Allan Le Roux and Another (Appellants) Herlan Edmunds Engineering (Pty) Ltd (Respondent)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 7 March 2005
    ... ... to s.426 Insolvency Act 1986 and to a dictum of mine as to the effect of that provision in Hughes v Hannover [1997] 1 BCLC 497 , 518g ... 19 It is clear from the note ... ...
  • First Financial Caribbean Trust Company Ltd Claimant v Delroy Howell and Others [Circuit Court]
    • Jamaica
    • Supreme Court (Jamaica)
    • 10 May 2013
    ...(In Liquidation) et al AL 2003 HC 11, May 28, 2003 and also the decision of the English Court of Appeal in Hughes and Others v. Hanover Ruckversicherungs-Aktienesellschaft [1997] B.C.C.921. The submission advnces the proposition that these cases, and others cited, demonstrate that a foreign......
  • Re Al Sabah
    • Cayman Islands
    • Court of Appeal (Cayman Islands)
    • 1 October 2003
    ...(2) Dallhold Estates (UK) Pty. Ltd., Re, [1992] BCLC 621; [1992] BCC 394, referred to. (3) Hughes v. Hannover Ruckversicherungs-A.G., [1997] 1 BCLC 497; [1997] BCC 921, dicta of Morritt, L.J. applied. (4) Maxwell Communications Corp. PLC, ReECAS(1996), 93 F. 3d 1036, distinguished. (5) Ukle......
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1 books & journal articles
  • Comparative Notes on the Operation of Some Avoidance Provisions in A Cross-Border Context
    • South Africa
    • Juta South Africa Mercantile Law Journal No. , May 2019
    • 25 May 2019
    ...Westbrook op cit note 124 at 914.134Section 426(1) of the (English) Insolvency Act 1986. See also Hughes v Hannover-Ruckversicherungs AG [1997] BCC 921.135Sackstein NO v Proudfoot SA Pty (Ltd) 2006 (6) SA(SCA) at 358 and the preceding judgments inthe same matter reported in Sackstein NO v P......