Re British Gold Fields of West Africa

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1899
Date1899
CourtCourt of Appeal
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23 cases
  • Day v Haine and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 11 June 2008
    ...was in respect of a provable debt or liability. In such a case they were regarded as an addition to the sum recovered:—see re British Gold Fields of West Africa [1899] 2 Ch. 7. This could only be on the basis that the costs were a debt or liability to which the insolvent may become subject......
  • BPE Solicitors and another v Gabriel
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • 17 June 2015
    ...it was not even a contingent liability until the order had actually been made: see In re Bluck, Ex p Bluck (1887) 57 LT 419, In re British Gold Fields of West Africa [1899] 2 Ch 7, In re A Debtor (No 68 of 1911) [1911] 2 KB 652, In re Pitchford [1924] 2 Ch 260, Glenister v Rowe [2000] C......
  • Brian Herbert Cooke v Dunbar Assets Plc
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 29 July 2016
    ...which had been started before that insolvency process had begun: see for instance In re Bluck; Ex p Bluck (1887) 57 LT 419, In re British Gold Fields of West Africa [1899] 2 Ch 7, In re A Debtor (No 68 of 1911) [1911] 2 KB 652, and In re Pitchford [1924] 2 Ch 260. 89. In my view, by becomin......
  • Re Nortel GmbH ((in Administration)) and related companies
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • 24 July 2013
    ...which had been started before that insolvency process had begun – see for instance In re Bluck, Ex p Bluck (1887) 57 LT 419, In re British Gold Fields of West Africa [1899] 2 Ch 7, In re A Debtor (No 68 of 1911) [1911] 2 KB 652, and In re Pitchford [1924] 2 Ch 89 In my view, by becoming ......
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