The Weekly Law Reports
[1977] 2 WLR 1
[COURT OF APPEAL]
In re
JAMES (AN INSOLVENT) (ATTORNEY-GENERAL INTERVENING)
1976 July 14,
15,
16,
19,
20,
21;
Oct. 22
Oct. 22
Lord Denning M.R., Scarman and Geoffrey Lane L.JJ.
Bankruptcy
— Jurisdiction
— “British court”
— Letter of request by “High Court of Rhodesia” to bankruptcy division of High Court in London
— Illegal regime in Rhodesia
— Express acceptance by judiciary
— Whether request from “British court”
—
Southern Rhodesia Constitution Order 1965 (S.I. 1965 No. 1952), ss. 2 (1), 6
—
Bankruptcy Act 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 59), s. 122