X AG and Others v A Bank

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date1983
Date1983
CourtQueen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
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19 cases
  • Re BCCI (Overseas) Ltd
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 26 Enero 1994
    ...Tournier v. National Provncl. & Union Bank of England, [1924] 1 K.B. 461; [1923] All E.R. Rep. 550, applied. (4) X A.G. v. A Bank, [1983] 2 All E.R. 464; [1983] 2 Lloyd”s Rep. 535, applied. Legislation construed: Confidential Relationships (Preservation) Law (Law 16 of 1976), s.3(2)(b)(v), ......
  • Fairfield Sentry Ltd ((in Liquidation)) & Krys v Citco Bank Nederland NV and Others
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 28 Febrero 2012
    ...account, is governed, in the absence of agreement between the parties, by the place where that account is held. See X-A.G. v. A Bank [1983] 2 All E.R. 464. This rule has its foundation on the bank's promise to repay and to do so at the branch where the account is kept. See Joachimson v. Swi......
  • Walsh v National Irish Bank Ltd
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 25 Enero 2013
    ...Bank of England [1924] 1 KB 461; Wine v Wine (CP 2007/10) (Unrep, Isle of Man High Court, Deemster Doyle, 29/5/2007) and X AG v A bank [1983] 2 All ER 464 considered - Contractual Obligations (Applicable Law) Act 1991 (No. 8) - Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations 198......
  • Re Norway's (State of) Application
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 12 Febrero 1986
    ... ... These are alleged to include the assets of a Panamanian company, Continental Trust Company Inc. ("C.T.C."), which evidently held large bank accounts, including one in a bank in Stockholm, but it is not alleged that any of the assets are or have ever been in the United Kingdom. The shares ... ère civile ou commerciale" clearly stems from French law and appears to be a concept current in many or all civil law systems, and probably others as well. "Matière" indicates the nature of the litigation, the subject-matter of the dispute: see Dalloz, "Lexique de termes juridiques", 5th Ed ... ...
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5 books & journal articles
  • CONTEMPT ORDERS AND JUDICIAL “ATTACHMENT” OF EQUITABLE PROPERTY
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2017, December 2017
    • 1 Diciembre 2017
    ...1 WLR 1139 at 1150. 133[1900] 1 Ch 602. 134 See Re Maudslay, Sons & Field[1900] 1 Ch 602 at 611. 135 See the discussion at para 21. 136[1983] 2 All ER 464. Properly understood, the case does not negate the proposition that the doctrine of subject-matter jurisdiction also regulates the inter......
  • United Kingdom
    • United States
    • ABA Antitrust Library Obtaining Discovery Abroad. Third Edition
    • 8 Diciembre 2020
    ...the 147 . [1985] ECC 187 (QB) (Eng.). 148 . Id . at 193. 149 . [1997] AC 238 (PC) at 251 (appeal taken from New Zealand) (Eng.). 150 . [1983] 2 All ER 464 (QB Comm.) (Eng.). 151 . X AG v. A bank [1983] 2 All ER 464 (QB Comm.) at 476 (Eng.). 448 Obtaining Discovery Abroad United States, unde......
  • A critical examination of how contract law is used by financial institutions operating in multiple jurisdictions.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 34 No. 1, April 2010
    • 1 Abril 2010
    ...770-1 (Staughton J). (68) See, eg, R v Grossman (1981) 73 Cr App R 302, 309 10 (Lord Denning, Shaw LJ and Oliver MR); X AG v A Bank [1983] 2 All ER 464, 479 (Leggatt J); FDC Co Ltd v Chase Manhattan Bank NA [1990] 1 HKLR 277, 283-4 (Huggins V-P), 291 (Silke JA); Bunk of Ireland Holdings (IO......
  • Common Law Bank Secrecy and its Implications for US Securities Laws
    • United Kingdom
    • Journal of Money Laundering Control No. 2-4, February 1999
    • 1 Febrero 1999
    ...Civ. No. 923 (1993) (unreported) (Bah.). (131) Ibid. (132) Ibid. (133) Ibid. (134) Ibid. (135) Ibid. (136) Ibid. (137) Ibid. (138) [1983] 2 All ER 464 (Eng.). (139) Ibid. (140) Ibid. (141) Ibid. (142) Ibid. (143) ibid. (144) Ibid. (145) Ibid. (146) Ibid. (147) 1 HKLR 283 (1990) (HK Ct App. ......
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