Facts Through its subsidiary Funeral Plan Management Pty Ltd (“FPM”), Lifeplan provided products to meet the cost of pre-arranged funerals. Ancient Order of Foresters in Victoria Friendly Society Limited (“Foresters”) was also involved in the funeral products business although it […]
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Baden v Société Générale pour Favoriser le Developpement du Commerce et de l’Industrie en France [1993] 1 WLR 509
Facts Mr George Baden, Jacques Delvaus and Ernest Lecuit were liquidators of the Luxembourg Mutual Investment Fund. They claimed that Société Générale owed it $4,009,697.91, which it held for its customer, the Bahamas Commonwealth Bank Ltd (BCB) in a trust account. […]
Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd v Tan [1995] UKPC 4
Facts In 1986, Royal Brunei Airlines (Royal Brunei)appointed Borneo Leisure Travel Sdn Bhd (Borneo) to be its agent for booking passenger flights and cargo transport around Sabah and Sarawak in Malaysia. Mr Tan was Borneo’s managing director and main shareholder. Borneo […]
Grimaldi v Chameleon Mining NL (No 2) [2012] FCAFC 6
Facts Murchison Metals Ltd (Murchison) acquired mining tenements in Western Australia (Iron Jacks) through Crosslands Resources Ltd, previously known as Winterfall Pty Ltd (Winterfall). Winterfall had an agreement with the vendors of Iron Jacks to buy the mining tenements for […]
Barnes v Addy (1874) LR 9 Ch App 244
Facts Henry Barnes appointed William Crush, John Lugar and John Addy to be testators and executors of his will. Barnes’ money would be invested and then used as a £100 annuity for his widow, Ann, and his three daughters and […]
