Official Assignee of Madras v Mercantile Bank of India Ltd
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judgment Date | 1935 |
| Date | 1935 |
| Court | Privy Council |
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Sale and Lease‐Back Agreements in a World of Title Relativity: Michael Gerson (Leasing) Ltd v Wilkinson and State Securities Ltd
...AkronTyre Co Pty Ltd vKittson (1951) 82 CLR 477, 494 per Williams and Kitto JJ; Official Assignee ofMadras vMercantile Bank of India Ltd [1935] AC 53, 58–59 per Lord Wright.10 Meyerstein vBarber (1866) LR 2 CP 38, 48 per Erle CJ, 50 per Willes J; Official Assignee of MadrasvMercantile Bank ......
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Admiralty, Shipping and Aviation Law
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The conceptual underpinnings of secured transactions and the reform of personal property security laws
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