Statute Of Bankrupts Act 1542
The Statute of Bankrupts or Bankruptcy Act 1542 ( 34 & 35 Hen. 8. c. 4), was an act passed by the Parliament of England in 1542. It was the first statute under English law dealing with bankruptcy or insolvency. The act contained an extremely long preamble which denounced debtors acting in fraud of their creditors, directed that the bodies of the offenders and all of their assets be taken by the requisite authorities and the assets be sold to pay their creditors "a portion, rate and rate alike, according to the quantity of their debts". Thereby the first bankruptcy statute also imported into English law for the first time the '' pari passu'' principle of distribution on insolvency. These principles would later be heavily underscored by the House of Lords The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the lower house, the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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34 & 35 Hen
34 may refer to: * 34 (number) * 34 BC * AD 34 * 1934 * 2034 Science * Selenium, a nonmetal in the periodic table * 34 Circe, an asteroid in the asteroid belt Music * 34 (album), ''34'' (album), a 2015 album by Dre Murray * 34 (song), "#34" (song), a 1994 song by Dave Matthews Band * "34", a 2006 song by Saves the Day from ''Sound the Alarm (Saves the Day album), Sound the Alarm'' * "Thirty Four", a song by Karma to Burn from the album ''Almost Heathen'', 2001 Other uses * +34, the international calling code for Spain See also * 3/4 (other) * Rule 34 (other) * List of highways numbered 34 {{Numberdis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Judicial Committee Of The House Of Lords
Whilst the House of Lords of the United Kingdom is the upper chamber of Parliament and has government ministers, for many centuries it had a judicial function. It functioned as a court of first instance for the trials of peers and for Impeachment in the United Kingdom, impeachments, and as a court of last resort in the United Kingdom and prior, the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of England. Appeals were technically not to the House of Lords, but rather to the King-in-Parliament. In Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876, 1876, the Appellate Jurisdiction Act devolved the appellate functions of the House to an Appellate Committee, composed of Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, Lords of Appeal in Ordinary (informally referred to as Law Lords). They were then appointed by the Lord Chancellor in the same manner as other judges. During the 20th and early 21st century, the judicial functions were gradually removed. Its final trial of a peer was in 1935, and the use of special courts for ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Repealed English Legislation
A repeal (O.F. ''rapel'', modern ''rappel'', from ''rapeler'', ''rappeler'', revoke, ''re'' and ''appeler'', appeal) is the removal or reversal of a law. There are two basic types of repeal; a repeal with a re-enactment is used to replace the law with an updated, amended, or otherwise related law, or a repeal without replacement so as to abolish its provisions altogether. Removal of primary and secondary legislation, secondary legislation is normally referred to as revocation rather than repeal in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Under the common law of England and Wales, the effect of repealing a statute was "to obliterate it completely from the records of Parliament as though it had never been passed." This, however, is now subject to savings provisions within the Interpretation Act 1978. In parliamentary procedure, the Motion (parliamentary procedure), motion to rescind, repeal, or annul is used to cancel or countermand an action or order previously adopted by the Deliberative a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Acts Of The Parliament Of England 1542
The Acts of the Apostles (, ''Práxeis Apostólōn''; ) is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of its message to the Roman Empire. Acts and the Gospel of Luke make up a two-part work, Luke–Acts, by the same anonymous author. Traditionally, the author is believed to be Luke the Evangelist, a doctor who travelled with Paul the Apostle. It is usually dated to around 80–90 AD, although some scholars suggest 110–120 AD.Tyson, Joseph B., (April 2011)"When and Why Was the Acts of the Apostles Written?" in: The Bible and Interpretation: "...A growing number of scholars prefer a late date for the composition of Acts, i.e., c. 110–120 CE. Three factors support such a date. First, Acts seems to be unknown before the last half of the second century. Second, compelling arguments can be made that the author of Acts was acquainted with some materials written by Josephus, who completed his Antiquities of the Jews in 93� ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Principles Of Corporate Insolvency Law
''Goode on Principles of Corporate Insolvency Law'' by Sir Roy Goode of the University of Oxford is a leading textbook on UK Corporate Insolvency Law. Since its 5th edition, it has been edited by Professor Kristin van Zwieten, the Clifford Chance Professor of Law and Finance at the University of Oxford. It is regularly cited by common law courts such as the UK Supreme Court (recently in BTI v Sequana), Privy Council, Singapore Court of Appeal and Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal. Outline of principles Professor Goode's suggested ten principles of corporate insolvency law are as follows.see ch 3, 69-81 # corporate insolvency law recognises rights accrued under the general law prior to liquidation # only the assets of the debtor company are available for its creditors # security interests and other real rights created prior to the insolvency proceeding are unaffected by the winding up # the liquidator takes the assets subject to all limitations and defences # the pursuit of pe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Roy Goode
Sir Royston Miles "Roy" Goode (born 6 April 1933) is an academic commercial lawyer in the United Kingdom. He founded the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary, University of London. He was awarded the OBE in 1972 followed by the CBE in 1994 before being knighted for services to academic law in 2000. Education and early life He was educated at Highgate School in North London,Highgate School Register 7th Edn 1833–1988, Ed. Patrick Hughes & Ian F Davies 1989 and obtained his law degree by external study through the University of London External Programme in 1954. He completed the LLD at London in 1976 and the DCL at the University of Oxford in 2005. Career He was admitted as a solicitor in 1955; he was later called to the Bar at Inner Temple in 1988. Goode spent 17 years in private practice as a solicitor before turning to academia. While in practice, he wrote a series of legal textbooks. He began by writing a text on hire purchase as nothing had been wri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bankruptcy Act
Bankruptcy Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States relating to bankruptcy. The Bill for an Act with this short title will usually have been known as a Bankruptcy Bill during its passage through Parliament. Bankruptcy Acts may be a generic name either for legislation bearing that short title or for all legislation which relates to bankruptcy. List Australia *The Bankruptcy Act 1924 *The Bankruptcy Act 1930 *The Bankruptcy Act 1966 Hong Kong *The Bankruptcy Ordinance 1932 *The Bankruptcy (Amendment) Ordinance 2005 Malaysia *The Bankruptcy Act 1967 Nigeria * The Bankruptcy Act 1979 * The Bankruptcy Act 2004 Republic of Ireland *The Bankruptcy Act 1988 (No 27) United Kingdom * The Statute of Bankrupts (1542) (34 & 35 Hen. 8. c. 4) * The act 21 Jas. 1. c. 19 is sometimes called the Bankruptcy Act 1623 * The Bankruptcy Act 1705 * The act 6 Geo. 4. c. 16 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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6 Geo
6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics A six-sided polygon is a hexagon, one of the three regular polygons capable of tiling the plane. A hexagon also has 6 edges as well as 6 internal and external angles. 6 is the second smallest composite number. It is also the first number that is the sum of its proper divisors, making it the smallest perfect number. It is also the only perfect number that doesn't have a digital root of 1. 6 is the first unitary perfect number, since it is the sum of its positive proper unitary divisors, without including itself. Only five such numbers are known to exist. 6 is the largest of the four all-Harshad numbers. 6 is the 2nd superior highly composite number, the 2nd colossally abundant number, the 3rd triangular number, the 4th highly composite number, a pronic number, a congruent number, a harmonic divisor number, and a semiprime. 6 is als ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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British Eagle International Airlines Ltd V Compagnie Nationale Air France
''British Eagle International Air Lines Ltd v Cie Nationale Air France'' 9751 WLR 758 is a UK insolvency law case, concerning priority of creditors in a company winding up. Facts A number of airlines agreed to set up a clearing house to manage debt and credit accounts among themselves. Each airline in the group owed multiple and changing debts to one another, so to make settlements easier, participants were not meant to claim against one another, but simply enter their transactions in the clearing house, and then settle the balance at the end of each month. The clearing house fell under the authority of the International Air Transport Association, or IATA. British Eagle went into liquidation, and owed money to the clearing house overall, but was a creditor to Air France. The liquidator attempted to recover the money from Air France and Air France argued it was bound by the clearing house scheme, and could only collect money after netting out the claims of creditors of British E ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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National Westminster Bank Ltd V Halesowen Presswork & Assemblies Ltd
''National Westminster Bank Ltd v Halesowen Presswork & Assemblies Ltd'' 972AC 785 is a decision of the House of Lords in relation to a banker's right to combine accounts under English law. It is the leading English case and a banker's right to combine accounts, and also an important decision relating to insolvency set-off. The case was decided in relation to section 31 of the Bankruptcy Act 1914 (which applied to companies by virtue of section 317 of the Companies Act 1948). Today those provisions have been replaced by section 323 of the Insolvency Act 1986 and rule 14.25 of the Insolvency Rules (England and Wales) 2016 (formerly rule 4.90 of the Insolvency Rules 1986), but the decision is still treated as authoritative. Facts Halesowen Assembly & Pressworks Ltd was a small company based in Halesowen, West Midlands. They had an account with National Westminster Bank which in February 1968 was overdraw by £11,339. The bank was concerned, and a meeting was held. An a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pari Passu
''Pari passu'' is a Latin phrase that literally means "with an equal step" or "on equal footing". It is sometimes translated as "ranking equally", "hand-in-hand", "with equal force", or "moving together", and by extension, "fairly", "without partiality". Etymology *'' pari'' is the ablative singular masculine (since it must grammatically agree with ''passu'') of the adjective ''par'', "equal". If it were nominative, "an equal step" it would be ''par passus''. *'' passu'' is the ablative of the Latin noun ''passus'', "step". In legal terms, pari passu means "on equal footing." It refers to creditors, claimants, or shareholders receiving equal treatment without preference. Common in bankruptcy and finance, it ensures proportional distribution of assets, rights, or obligations among parties. This term is commonly used in law. '' Black's Law Dictionary'' (8th ed., 2004) defines ''pari passu'' as "proportionally; at an equal pace; without preference". Usage In inheritance In inh ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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England And Wales
England and Wales () is one of the Law of the United Kingdom#Legal jurisdictions, three legal jurisdictions of the United Kingdom. It covers the constituent countries England and Wales and was formed by the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542. The substantive law of the jurisdiction is English law. The Welsh devolution, devolved Senedd (Welsh Parliament; ) – previously named the National Assembly for Wales – was created in 1999 under the Government of Wales Act 1998 and provides a degree of Self-governance, self-government in Wales. The powers of the legislature were expanded by the Government of Wales Act 2006, which allows it to pass Welsh law, its own laws, and the Act also formally separated the Welsh Government from the Senedd. There is currently no Devolved English parliament, equivalent body for England, which is directly governed by the parliament and government of the United Kingdom. History of jurisdiction During the Roman occupation of Britain, the area of presen ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |