Re A Debtor (Order in Aid No. 1 of 1979)ex parte Viscount of the Royal Court of Jersey

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date1980
Year1980
Date1980
CourtChancery Division
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14 cases
  • Re Al Sabah
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 11 January 2005
    ...[1992] BCLC 621; [1992] BCC 394, followed. (5) Debtor (Order in Aid No. 1 of 1979), In re a, ex p. Viscount of Royal Court of Jersey, ELR[1981] Ch. 384; [1980] 3 All E.R. 665, dicta of Goulding J. applied. (6) Galbraith v. Grimshaw, [1910] A.C. 508; [190810] All E.R. Rep. 561, considered. (......
  • Hughes & Others v Hannover Ruckversicherungs-Aktiengesellschaft
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 28 January 1997
    ...it is of some importance to identify its origin. 40 The fifth case is Re a Debtor, ex parte the Viscount of the Royal Court of Jersey (1981) Ch.384. In that case sequestration proceedings similar to bankruptcy proceedings had been commenced in Jersey in respect of the movable property of an......
  • HIH Casualty and General Insurance Ltd, Re; McGrath and Others v Riddell and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 7 October 2005
    ...court, in that case under section 122 of the Bankruptcy Act 1914. See also Re A Debtor, ex p. Viscount of the Royal Court of Jersey [1981] Ch 384 at 402. In Re Focus Insurance Co Ltd [1997] 1 BCLC 219 at 224, which concerned an application by the liquidators of a Bermudian company for an o......
  • Re Phoenix Kapitaldienst GmbH
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 23 January 2012
    ... ... CHANCERY DIVISION COMPANIES COURT Before: Mr Justice Sales Case No: 142 ... Royal Courts of Justice Strand London ... 1 This is an application for ion to appeal out of time against an order made by Registrar Jaques dated 23 May 2008 ("the ... The order was applied for ex parte without notice to the Applicants on this ... execution against the property of the debtor by creditors whose rights are admitted or ... ...
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3 books & journal articles
  • FOREIGN LAW IN DOMESTIC COURTS
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2017, December 2017
    • 1 December 2017
    ...SLR 545 at [29]. 78 J J Spigelman, “Proof of Foreign Law by Reference to the Foreign Court”(2011) 127 LQR 208 at 212. 79 In In re A Debtor[1981] Ch 384 at 404, Golding J considered making a request to the Royal Court of Jersey under the British Law Ascertainment Act 1859 (c 63) (UK), but de......
  • The Jersey Limited Liability Partnership: A New Legal Vehicle for Professional Practice
    • United Kingdom
    • The Modern Law Review No. 60-4, July 1997
    • 1 July 1997
    ...2nd ed, 1973) 232–236. On the nature of the Jersey common law, seefurther In re A Debtor, ex p Viscount of the Royal Court of Jersey [1981] Ch 384, 391 (Goulding J);and A. Binnington, ‘Frozen in Aspic?: The Approach of the Jersey Courts to the Roots of the Island’sCommon Law’ (1997) 1 The J......
  • Cross-Border Insolvencies: An Overview of Some Recent Legal Developments
    • South Africa
    • South Africa Mercantile Law Journal No. , May 2019
    • 25 May 2019
    ...bad under their own proper law' or infringe English public policy (see In re A Debtor, Ex parte Viscount of the Royal Court of Jersey [1981] Ch 384). In exercising its discretion under s 426(5), the Court must consider the rules of private international law. This provision is vague: areas i......

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