Re Benzon. Bower v Chetwynd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1914
Year1914
CourtCourt of Appeal
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18 cases
  • Financial Services Compensation Scheme Ltd v Larnell (Insurances) Ltd ((in Liquidation))
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 29 Noviembre 2005
    ...hitherto, been bankruptcy cases. Limits to the application of the General Rolling Stock principle 20 The first of these is Re Benzon [1914] 2 Ch 68. The facts are somewhat unusual. Mr Benzon was adjudicated bankrupt in 1890. A small dividend was paid in that bankruptcy, and the trustee in b......
  • Financial Services Compensation Scheme Ltd v Larnell (Insurances) Ltd ((in Liquidation))
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 24 Febrero 2005
    ...effect of insolvency on questions of limitation. The starting point for my purposes here is the decision of the Court of Appeal in Benzon Re: Bower v. Chetwynd [1914] Chancery 68. A bankrupt died, having exercised a general power of appointment under his father's will in the sum of some £15......
  • Doodes v Gotham and another
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 17 Noviembre 2005
    ...where the delayed claim is not against the bankrupt's estate or, to put it another way, is not a claim "in the bankruptcy" – In re Benzon [1914] 2 Ch 68 CA at p. 75. 26 In re Benzon supra was followed by Buckley J in Cottrell v Price [1960] 1 WLR 1097. He said of it, at p. 1105:— "The impor......
  • HM Revenue and Customs v Cassells
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 4 Diciembre 2008
    ...might lose any remedy against either Mr Cassells or his estate because of the expiration of the six year limitation period. See Re Benzon [1914] 2 Ch 68 pages 75 and 76 and Anger Max Group Limited v. Aikin [2002] BPIR 215. The position of the creditors was not alluded to by the District Jud......
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