Hearings
England & Wales
10 Mar 1972 [1972] Ch 714; [1972] 3 WLR 265; [1972] 3 All ER 386, Ch D
In re Hawkins, decd
Additional names
Hawkins v Hawkins
Subject Matter
ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES — Foreign debt — Date for conversion — Deceased guarantor under promissory note — Principal debtor's failure to pay — Administration order — Evidence of debt lodged by creditor — When debt convertible into foreign currency
[1972] Ch 714; [1972] 3 WLR 265
CURRENCY — Contract — Foreign debt — Payment due in American dollars — Principal debtor's failure to pay — Death of guarantor — Administration order — Debt proved in estate — Date for conversion of debt into foreign currency
[1972] Ch 714; [1972] 3 WLR 265
GUARANTEE — Debt — Promissory note — Non-payment — Failure of principal debtor — Whether guarantor liable for “interest”