Re British Gold Fields of West Africa

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1899
Date1899
CourtCourt of Appeal

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21 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 ......
  • 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
    ...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 a party to legal proceedings in this j......
  • Foots v Southern Cross Mine Management Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 7 December 2007
    ...1999 (Q). Statutes — Interpretation — Relevance of legislative history and antecedent statutes — Relevance of decision in In re British Gold Fields of West Africa [1899] 2 Ch 7 . Words and phrases — ‘contingent liability’, ‘costs order’, ‘incidental’, ‘liability’, ‘provable debt’. Bankru......
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