Re Akerman. Akerman v Akerman
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Year | 1891 |
| Date | 1891 |
| Court | Chancery Division |
-
- This document is available in original version only for vLex customers
View this document and try vLex for 7 days - TRY VLEX
- This document is available in original version only for vLex customers
30 cases
-
Colin Johnston v Natalie Elsie Wackett (in her capacity as executrix of the estate of Lord Sidney Albert Johnston deceased)
... [1967] Ch 280 at 285. 11 The rule applies even where the debt was statute barred at the time of the testator's death: In Re Akerman [1891] 3 Ch 212 at 221. An order for costs does not become wholly unenforceable by the effect of the Limitation Act 1980. Section 24 of that Act precludes th......
-
Re SSSL Realisations (2002) Ltd ((in Liquidation)) and Another
... ... , and the authority most often cited is a passage from the judgment of Kekewich J in In re Akerman [[1891] 3 Ch 212, 219] : 'A person who owes an estate money, that is to say, who is bound to ... ...
-
Re Lehman Brothers International (Europe) ((in Administration))
...of an estate against the estate's claim against him as a debtor. Lord Walker cited at [13] the statement of the rule by Kekewich J in In re Akerman [1891] 3 Ch 212 at 219: " A person who owes an estate money, that is to say, who is bound to increase the general mass of the estate by a contr......
-
Brazzill and Others v Willoughby and Others
... ... ) not giving rise to a debt, and that "the equitable principle exemplified by In re Akerman [1891] 3 Ch 212 is not applicable save when the person seeking to obtain benefits due to him from ... ...
Request a trial to view additional results