Knightsbridge Estates Trust Ltd v Byrne

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeViscount Maugham,Lord Atkin,Lord Wright,Lord Romer,Lord Porter
Judgment Date22 April 1940
Judgment citation (vLex)[1940] UKHL J0422-1
Date22 April 1940
CourtHouse of Lords
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13 cases
  • Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Bhd and Others (No 2); Repco Holdings Sdn Bhd and Others
    • Malaysia
    • High Court (Malaysia)
    • 1 January 2000
  • Fons HF ((in Liquidation)) v Corporal Ltd and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 28 June 2013
    ...definition of the term is possible — see Levy v. Abereorris Slate & Slab Co. (1887) 37 Ch. D 260 at 264 per Chitty J., and Knightsbridge Estate Trust Ltd v. Byrne [1940] AC 613 at 621 (per Viscount Maugham) and 627 (per Lord Romer). 67 In Levy v. Abercorris Slate & Slab Co. (Supra) at 264, ......
  • Fons HF (in Liquidation) v Pillar Securitisation S.à.r.l
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 20 March 2014
    ...to be attached to the word "debentures". 32 The other decision we were referred to is that of the House of Lords in Knightsbridge Estates Trust Ltd v Byrne [1940] AC 613 where a mortgage of freehold land contained a covenant to repay the secured loan by half-yearly instalments over a period......
  • Esso Petroleum Company Ltd v Harper's Garage (Stourport) Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 23 February 1967
    ...Byrne [1939] Ch. 441. Indeed the Appellant's position is even stronger, it is claimed because the mortgage ranks as a debenture (ibid. [1940] A.C. 613) and so may legitimately be made completely irredeemable (Companies Act, 1948 sections 89, 455 (1) s.v. debenture). The steps in this argume......
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1 books & journal articles
  • Die kapitaal van 'n beslote korporasie en die beskerming van skuldeisers
    • South Africa
    • South Africa Mercantile Law Journal No. , May 2019
    • 25 May 2019
    ...Furnaces Co (1887) 36 ChD 215 op 219; Knightsbridge Estates Trust Limited v Byrne & Others ( Trustees of Royal Liver Friendly Society) [1940] AC 613 (HL); en Corporate Affairs Commission v David Jones Finance Ltd [1975] 2 NSWLR 710 (Eq Div) op 714-715. Kyk verder Cilliers & Benade op cit no......

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