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Intu Merry Hill Limited [2020] JRC 186 (16 September 2020)
The Royal Court of Jersey granted a Letter of Request to the English High Court to place Intu Merry Hill Limited into administration under section 426 of the Insolvency Act 1986.
Representation of Powell [2018] JCA 113 (29 June 2018)
Single-judge Court of Appeal decision refusing leave to appeal and a stay in a Remise de Biens matter involving Mrs Powell.
Investec v. Booth [2016] 1 JLR 101 (27 January 2016)
Creditor’s appeal against a declaration of desastre was dismissed. The court held desastre was appropriate and not shown to be worse for unsecured creditors than degrèvement.
Representation of Investec Bank PLC [2015] JRC 243 (26 November 2015)
The Royal Court of Jersey restored three dissolved companies to the register under Article 213, finding Investec Bank PLC had sufficient interest as a creditor.
Representation of Northern Investments (Wrexham) Limited [2015] JRC 207 (07 October 2015)
The Jersey Royal Court reinstated a dissolved company at the request of its creditor and issued a letter of request for an English administration order.
Burby v Thompson and Bertram [2008] JCA 204 (27 November 2008)
The Court of Appeal of Jersey held that Article 91 of the 1880 Property Law required only that a dégrèvement date be fixed within time, not that the hearing occur then.
Hughes v Clewley [1994] JLR 227 (21 June 1994)
The court held that a mere personal creditor is not an “interested person” under Merchant Shipping Act 1894, s.30, but a former owner seeking rescission may be.
In the matter of the Degrevement of Immovable Property of Barker [1985] UR 098 (25 September 1985)
The court ordered the degrevement of Barker’s immovable property under Jersey law to satisfy outstanding debts.
Birbeck v Midland Bank Ltd. [1981] JLR 121 (07 October 1981)
The court held that a creditor’s failure to appear or refusal to become tenant after degrèvement destroys the hypothèque judiciaire, though the debt may remain enforceable against other property.
Woodman v Viscount [1975] JJ 263 (18 September 1975)
The case considered whether rules on fraudulent preference were part of Jersey common law or required statutory authority to invalidate a debtor’s payment to a creditor.
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