McEntire and Maconchy v Crossley Brothers, Ltd

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date13 May 1895
Judgment citation (vLex)[1895] UKHL J0513-1
CourtHouse of Lords
Date13 May 1895
McEntire and Maconchy
and
Crossley Brothers, Limited.

[1895] UKHL J0513-1

House of Lords

1

After hearing Counsel for the Appellants, as well on Friday last as this day, upon the Petition and Appeal of Alexander Knox McEntire and John Arthur Maconchy, the Official Assignees of the Court of Bankruptcy in Ireland, being the Assignees of the estate and effects of Thomas Frederick Peel, of No. 6, Cathedral Place, Limerick, a Bankrupt, praying, That the matter of the Order set forth in the Schedule thereto, namely, an Order of Her Majesty's Court of Appeal in...

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  • Governor and Company of The Bank of Ireland v Eteams International Ltd
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 15 June 2017
    ...In doing that I would in a case such as the present apply the law as stated by Lord Herschell in McEntire v Crossley Bros Ltd [1895] AC 457 at 462–463, [1895–9] All ER Rep 829 at 831 where he said: ‘… I quite concede that the agreement must be regarded as a whole—its substance must be look......
  • Re Bond Worth Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • Invalid date
    ... ... 257 ; [ 1971 ] 1 All E.R. 766 ... McEntire v. Crossley Brothers Ltd. [ 1895 ] A.C. 457 , H.L.(I.) ... ...
  • Belmont Park Investments Pty Ltd and Others v BNY Corporate Trustee Services Ltd and another (HM Revenue and Customs and another intervening)
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • 27 July 2011
    ... ... BNY Corporate Trustee Services Limited and Lehman Brothers Special Financing Inc (Appellant) [2011] UKSC 38 ... ...
  • Sova Capital
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 2 March 2023
    ...of a matter it is normally concerned with its legal substance, not its economic substance (if different). They relied on McEntire v Crossley Brothers [1895] AC 457, 462; Lloyds & Scottish Finance Ltd v Cyril Lord Carpets Sales Ltd [1992] BCLC 609, 614h–615b and Re Polly Peck International [......
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1 firm's commentaries
  • IFI Update London, August/October 2008 - Part 2
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    • 9 October 2008
    ...applied the principles established in English cases such as Alderson v. White (1858) 2 De G & J 97, McEntire v. Crossley Bros Ltd [1895] AC 457, Helby Matthews [1895] AC 471 and Re George Inglefield Ltd [1933] 1 Ch 1, and the Privy Council decision in Chow Yoong Hong v. Choong Fah Rubbe......
2 books & journal articles
  • THE CASE AGAINST THE EQUITABLE LIEN.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 42 No. 3, April 2019
    • 1 April 2019
    ...As Lord Herschell LC remarked, 'a man does not have a lien on his own property or a charge either': McEntire v Crossley Brothers Ltd [1895] AC 457, (98) It should be noted that Calnan is sceptical about the need for the vendor's lien: see Calnan (n 14) 151 [4.182]. (99) See Tanwar Entperpri......
  • A PPSA registration primer.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 35 No. 3, December 2011
    • 1 December 2011
    ...and Personal Property under the Laws of Australian Jurisdictions (Lawbook, 5th ed, 1993) 527-56. (18) McEntire v CrossleT Brothers Ltd [1895] AC 457. The Security Interests in Goods Act 2005 (NSW) applied to a security instrument by or under which a security interest was reserved or created......

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