Roberts v Death

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1881
Date1881
CourtCourt of Appeal
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13 cases
  • Lee (George) & Sons (Builders) Ltd v Olink
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 3 Diciembre 1971
    ...that the garnishee might in that case have to account a second time for the same sum in the courts of another country. In the case of Roberts v. Death in 8 Queen's Bench Division the order ma not made absolute because there was a suggestion that the money due from the garnishee to the Judgm......
  • Deutsche Schachtbau-und Tiefbohrgesellschaft m.b.H. v R'as al-Khaimah National Oil Company
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 29 Octubre 1987
    ...the debt falls outside Order 49 rule 1. 6Mr Johnson relied on a number of authorities in support of this argument, starting with Roberts v. D'earth (1881) 8 QBD and ending with Harrods, Ltd. v. Tester (1937) 2 All E.R. 236. In the latter case Scott L.J. said at page 7"'Indebted', in that r......
  • Deutsche Schachtbau-und Tiefbohrgesellschaft m.b.H. v R'as al-Khaimah National Oil Company
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 23 Junio 1988
    ...that matter into account in exercising its discretion under rule 1: no doubt it would normally not make a garnishee order absolute (see Roberts v. Death (1881) 8 Q.B.D. 319), but in my opinion it would not be deprived of jurisdiction to make such an order if in the circumstances it was just......
  • Arab Bank Ltd v Ng Soo Jin Others (Bank of Montreal third party)
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 27 Julio 1988
    ...whether it is solvent. In my view the proper course in a case such as this is one which is analogous to that adopted in Roberts v Death (1881) 8 QBD 319 where the money due from the garnishee was ordered to be paid into court to abide the outcome of an enquiry ...The facts in George Lee are......
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