However, at the hearing Mr Hunter has referred to a subsequent letter dated 29th July 2011 from UK Farm Finance Limited to K Hunter and Sons Limited. MR JUSTICE MORGAN: And they will take effect whether you issue an appellant's notice or do not issue an appellant's notice. National Crime Agency v Dong; National Westminster Bank v Jones; National Westminster Bank Plc v Morgan; National Provincial Bank v Ainsworth; Neale v Willis; The time has come for this state of affairs to be brought to an end by direct intervention by the bank assisted by the Court's order and so I will make the order which I am asked to make. 49. So that is the order. 60. The District Judge on that hearing made an order that both Defendants give possession of the charged property on or before 5th October 2010. Contract Law Case Summaries - Oxbridge Notes Challenge to remove Jimmy Savile's Executors fails FREDERICK INGLIS WATT, director, 4 Sep 2000 - 31 Jan 2006. It is only if one takes into account both contracts that one gets an aggregate price of 1.55 million. Newbury Building Society. Working with your business. GRAHAM STAPLES, secretary, 10 May 1994 - 1 May 1994. It is not necessary for today's purposes to decide when it was that Mr Hunter and K Hunter and Sons Limited altered the date on the February contracts to be 14th July 2011. Mr Hunter, I am asked to make an order in detailed terms. MR JUSTICE MORGAN: You are not being given the opportunity to move the cattle, as I understand it. National Westminster Bank Building - Tripadvisor I say that because this case does not turn upon which contract is first in time. Ctrl + Alt + T to open/close . In particular, part of Kirkdene has been sold. In 1989 they granted a charge by way of legal mortgage over the property in favour of the appellant bank (N). If you are to get any modification of these orders you will have to in your own interests act extremely quickly. Nothing of that kind was put before the bank prior to the auction taking place and nothing of that kind has been put before the Court today. Miss Windsor in the course of her submissions said that the debt and charges etcetera amounted to some 3 million. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. National Westminster Bank Plc v Hunter & Anor | [2011] EWHC 3170 (Ch) | England and Wales High Court (Chancery Division) | Judgment | Law | CaseMine Browse cases England and Wales High Court (Chancery Division) 2011 November National Westminster Bank Plc v Hunter & Anor 10 (National Westminster. That correspondence referred to the topic of potential funding for the intended purchase of the farm. The final reason for abridging time is that you are bound by a contract to sell Mr Taylor's company and I do not think it is appropriate to place the bank and the Receivers under time pressure where they might end up having difficulty in meeting time limits under the contract. MISS WINDSOR: Although that does not have to be included in the bundle. MR JUSTICE MORGAN: But you are in very considerable need of capable legal advice not later than tomorrow morning I would suggest to get on with this. It seems to me inevitable that I must proceed today on the basis that the Receivers have been validly appointed and have the powers vested in them by the legal charges. It does not seem to me to be necessary to adjourn this hearing to hear from Mr Taylor's company. You are asking him to deliver up the passports etcetera by 4 p.m. tomorrow. I am not going to start going into a point of that kind at this stage when you have not mentioned it before. National Wesminster Bank PLC. 37. Illingworth v Houldsworth [1904] AC 355, HL; affg sub nom Re Yorkshire Woolcombers Association Ltd, Houldsworth v Yorkshire Woolcombers Association Ltd [1903] 2 Ch 284, CA. 13 December 2021. National Westminister Bank Plc v Commissioners of Inland Revenue The contract provides for title to pass to the purchaser pursuant to a Land Registry transfer form, in form TR2, which is to be executed by National Westminster Bank Plc as transferor pursuant to the legal charges. It is possible this bank is of similar date and by the same architect. True it is that the auction is not something Mr Hunter took part in or has come about in accordance with his wishes, but when he signed the charge, when he permitted the bank to appoint Receivers, when he gave the Receivers the power to sell as agents for the mortgagor, Mr Hunter put in train a series of events which has led in law to the situation that Mr Hunter has contracted to sell to Mr Taylor's company. This is also applied in National Westminster Bank v Hunter. So for all those reasons I will abridge time to 14 days. 18. But possession and control do not turn upon ownership, one man can be the owner and another can be in possession and a third can have control. 142.75. MISS WINDSOR: [inaudible] the first sentence application for permission to appeal----. As a not-for-profit member organisation, the aim of National Hunter is to work together to prevent fraud for our members and at the same time to protect victims of fraud. 2. I can only give permission if I am satisfied that you have a real prospect of success in the Court of Appeal or there is some other reason why this case should be considered by the Court of Appeal. Accordingly, the question of selling the land has been one of the matters at the front of anyone's consideration. Regina (Financial Conduct Authority) -v-. The seller there is again Mr Hunter. That is in place of 3(ii), is it? Unfortunately, based on what I have seen, the possibility of contempt of Court and committal proceedings does appear to be a real one and in the circumstances I am persuaded that I should make the order making committal proceedings operate more smoothly than might otherwise be the case. Jul 2021. In the suit brought by the beneficiaries it was held by the chancery division that once the trust account was opened, the . For my part I do not see any reason why I should stop you attaching a penal notice, even if I had power to do so, as to which I am far from clear. The last statement in the letter from UK Farm Finance Limited was, I repeat, that funds were available for draw down as at 14th July 2011. MR JUSTICE MORGAN: Shall I hear what he says about that first? However, the comparison ceases to be favourable to Mr Hunter from that point. This decision, together with an academic article written by Roy Goode, [1] is sometimes looked upon as the turning point in relation to the stricter requirements in relation to . He referred to alternatives that might instead have been pursued. MR JUSTICE MORGAN: He is a member of the public and the public has the right. Mr Hunter had no proposals of a positive or constructive kind to put forward. Clause 3 of the charge is headed "Restrictions on charging, leasing, disposing and parting with possession". 42. National Westminster Bank v Daniel: CA 1993 - swarb.co.uk National Westminster Bank v Daniel: CA 1993 The defence contained two contradictory grounds, and the defendant's evidence again contradicted the defences. You are not free to disregard them just because you want to tell the Court of Appeal that they were wrong. In National Bank of Greece, Lord Hailsham applied a multi-factorial test in determining source of interest. 11.2, if the condition has not be satisfied within six months of the auction date then either the buyer or the seller can serve notice on the other to terminate this contract. The purchase price under the auction contract was 1,505,000. Decision date: 6 May 2021. PDF Alastair Hudson Professor of Equity & Law The funds were available for draw down as at 14th July 2011.". I don't believe the Court h as -- well, that's the appeal, for the appeal to decide. I will refer to the contract in relation to the bulk of the land. What matters more are the events of the 14th July of this year. Royal Trust Bank v National Westminster Bank plc - Wikipedia When the mortgagee executes that TR2 Mr Taylor's company will take the title free from the charge. 57. Those proceedings were started in the Aylesbury County Court by a claim form dated 29th June 2010. 33. It is not clear from what I was told in the course of his submissions by Mr Hunter whether other formal documents exist. Paragraph 2 says you are not to go there. You have had months, you have had chances, you have behaved the way the evidence shows. MR JUSTICE MORGAN: I am not sure, what have I precisely said about that? Since the possession action began and since the possession order was made t here has rightly been a great deal of communication between the bank and Mr Hunter. I do not know if I have power to stop you attaching a penal notice, but whether I am right or wrong about that, this is an order the Court makes, it is a mandatory order, which is slightly different from a negative order, but penal notices can attach to a mandatory order. Here's a classic example of the false and self-deluding nonsense that passes for peace efforts in the Holy Land. 30. National Westminster Bank Football Club is a football club based in Beckenham, England. Citing: Applied - Henderson v Henderson 20-Jul-1843. Citation. 36. It seems to me self-evident that the way forward here is to allow the contract of sale which Mr Hunter has himself made through the agency of the Receivers to go forward to completion. 39. In those circumstances, the cattle being on the land in the possession of the bank under the control of the Receivers it seems to me that at that point in time, if not earlier -- and I decide nothing about the earlier period -- that the cattle will be under the control of the bank which seeks this order. Found National Westminster Bank Plc v Hunter & Anor useful? Since the making of the order for possession a number of things have happened, not all of which I need recite. That decision of the Court of Appeal was followed at first instance in Polonski v. Lloyds Bank Mortgages Limited (1997) 31 Housing Law Reports, 721. The trust fund was then worth about andpound;50,000. However, pursuant to the draft order which is before the Court I am invited to order and I will order a number of restrictions of Mr Hunter's future conduct. 58. MR JUSTICE MORGAN: And that is to be without prejudice to any powers you would have to recover costs----. 1 - 3 National Westminster Bank. A debenture which provided that a charge over book debts was a specific (i.e. In H2 2021, complaints made to the Bank were down ~22% compared to H1 2021. Right, any other point on the draft order? National Westminster Bank Plc and Another v Inland Revenue It is therefore the case that the Court has jurisdiction notwithstanding the dissent of the bank to direct a sale of the mortgaged property. P So in Mr Hunter's favour I determine that he is a person interested in the right of redemption. 21. The last letter to which I need refer on 14th July 2011 came by way of reply from Mr Hunter where he said this: "I am most disappointed that you have refused my offer of 1.550 million, which clearly exceeds the valuation by Savills sanctioned by Allsops on 29th June of this year and also exceeds by some way the guide price they had put on it at auction. The Role of Bank as Trustee - Academike Creating a unique profile web page containing interviews, posts, articles, as well as the cases you have appeared in, greatly enhances your digital presence on search engines such Google and Bing, resulting in increased client interest. 52. Because, of course, first of all the application would be considered on paper and then Mr Hunter would have a possible right to renew his application orally. The Court cannot undo that contract. Hunter, Dan 13 13 1 13 Key, Jono 1 1 14 Macdougal, Ewan 12 . PDF National Westminster Bank Plc 2021 Annual Results National Westminster Bank F.C. - Wikipedia In that sense it was to be a 100 per cent mortgage. Mr Hunter cannot apply to set aside the contract in favour of Mr Taylor's company; there is no basis on which he is able to do so.