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Siebe Gorman & Co Ltd v Barclays Bank Ltd

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129:. It required Siebe Gorman to pay the proceeds of its book debts into a Barclays Bank account, and prohibited Siebe Gorman from creating any other charges on those book debts, or assigning the book debts to anyone else. So there was a prohibition on dealing with the book debts before collection of them. Barclays also had the right to obtain absolute control by giving notice, but that right was never exercised. 31: 507: 175: 533: 521: 215: 100:
case, concerning the definition of a floating charge. It was an influential decision for many years, but is now outdated as authority in light of the House of Lords decision in
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held that it was a fixed charge. The restrictions on Siebe Gorman's power gave the bank enough control to be inconsistent with being a floating charge.
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to secure a loan. The document was expressed to create a ‘first fixed charge’ over all present and future
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Although the case remained good law for many years, it was doubted by the
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rebreather
High Court of Justice
Slade J
Floating charge
UK insolvency law
Re Spectrum Plus Ltd
Siebe Gorman
debenture
Barclays Bank
book debts
v
t
e
Re Panama, NZ & Australian Royal Mail Co
Salomon v A Salomon & Co Ltd
Re Yorkshire Woolcombers Association Ltd
Aluminium BV v Romalpa Aluminium Ltd
Siebe Gorman & Co v Barclays Bank
Re Brightlife Ltd
Re New Bullas Trading Ltd
Royal Trust Bank v NatWest Bank
Re Brumark Investments Ltd
[2001] UKPC 28
Re Spectrum Plus Ltd
[2005] UKHL 41
[2007] EWHC 1443 (Ch)
[2011] EWHC 1948 (Ch)
Floating charges
UK insolvency law

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