New Cap Reinsurance Corporation Ltd & Anor v Grant & Ors
Decision date: 9 August 2011
Neutral citation: [2011] EWCA Civ 971
Court: Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Insurance classification confidence: high
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Short overview
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This appeal concerned whether the liquidator of New Cap could enforce in England a New South Wales insolvency order requiring Lloyd's syndicate members to repay commutation payments. The Court of Appeal dismissed the syndicate's appeal and upheld the judge's order assisting the Australian liquidator, concluding that the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933 (as applied by the 1994 Order) does apply to money judgments made in insolvency proceedings by a recognised court and that registration under that Act would be available. The court also stated it was unnecessary to decide whether the English common law power to assist would be exercisable where the statutory power exists.
Ratio decidendi
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The 1933 Act (as applied by the 1994 Order) does apply to money judgments issued in insolvency proceedings by a recognised foreign court and such judgments are capable of registration under Part I of that Act; registration would preclude setting aside under section 4(1)(a)(ii) as a result of the Court of Appeal's decision in Rubin v Eurofinance SA.
Obiter dicta
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The court stated it was unnecessary to decide whether the English common law power to assist a foreign liquidator is exercisable where the statutory registration power is available.
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