Re Sawers, ex parte Blain

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date1878
Date1878
Year1878
CourtCourt of Appeal
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  • Re Paramount Airways Ltd ((in Administration))
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 27 February 1992
    ...refer to an established principle or statutory construction which looms large on this appeal. The principle was stated by James L.J. in Ex parte Blain (1879) 12 Ch. D. 522, 526, in a much quoted passage, as follows: "It appears to me that the whole question is governed by the broad, general......
  • Re Tucker (RC) (A Bankrupt)ex parte Tucker (KR)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 16 November 1987
    ...any British subject anywhere in the world. 17In support of this second submission they refer to the decision of this court in Ex. p. Blain 12 Ch. D522. In that case the court had to consider whether a bankruptcy petition could be served on some Chilians who had never been in England but we......
  • Agassi v Robinson (Inspector of Taxes)
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 17 May 2006
    ... ... 16 Counsel for Mr Agassi relies very heavily on well-known authorities such as Ex p Blain (1879) 12 Ch.D.522 and, more recently, Clark (Inspector of Taxes) v Oceanic Contractors Inc [1983] 2 AC 130 ... In Ex parte Blain James LJ referred at p 526 to the "… broad, general, universal principle that ... ...
  • EM Abdulla and Company, Re; ex parte Henry Waugh and Company
    • Malaysia
    • High Court (Malaysia)
    • 1 January 1938
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  • Jurisdiction
    • Nigeria
    • DSC Publications Online Sasegbon's Laws of Nigeria. Volume 13 Jurisdiction
    • 10 July 2016
    ...Re Anglo African S.S. Co. (1886) 32 Ch. D. at p. 350; Berkley v. Thompson (1884-85) 10 App. Cas. at p. 45; Ex. P . Blain, Re Sawers (1879) 12 Ch. D. 522). It should be noted that except where there is a submission to the jurisdiction of the Court it has no jurisdiction over a person who has......
  • Cases referred to in 1989 Part II
    • Nigeria
    • DSC Publications Online Nigerian Supreme Court Cases. 1989. Part II Preliminary Sections
    • 29 January 1920
    ...198 Ex parte Olakunrin (1985) 1 N.W.L.R. (pt. 4) 652. .....103 Ex-Parte Blain re Sawers (1879) 12 Ch. D. 522. ....................................................... 329 Eze v. Igiliegbe & Ors. 14 W.A.C.A. 61 at 62 ................................................................. 595 Ezendu......
  • CONFLICT OF LAWS IN INSOLVENCY TRANSACTION AVOIDANCE
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2008, December 2008
    • 1 December 2008
    ...conduct within the area of applicability of the law, or sometimes by United Kingdom citizens anywhere: see Ex parte Blain; In re Sawers(1879) 12 Ch D 522… So the question of territorial scope is not straightforward. In principle, however, the question is always one of … construction … [emph......
  • Table of Cases
    • Nigeria
    • DSC Publications Online Sasegbon's Laws of Nigeria. Volume 17. Part III Preliminary sections
    • 11 July 2016
    ...254………………………………….........2014, 2015 Ex parte Rossi (1956) 1 All E.R. 670…………………………………………………..........…….2141 Ex. P. Blain, Re Sawers (1879), 12 Ch.D. 522). ………………………………………........……..2168 Ex-parte Ejide (1990) 3 N.W.L.R. (Pt. 141) 758………………………………………......………1976 Eya v. Qudus (2001) 30 W.R.N......

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