Brooks Associates Inc v Basu

Subject Matter

CROWN — Attachment of debt — National Savings Bank — Judgment creditor seeking attachment of moneys in debtor's investment deposit account with bank — Account not with specific branch of bank — Bank's head office situated in Scotland — Whether bank within jurisdiction of English courts — Crown Proceedings Act 1947, s 27(1) (as amended by Post Office Act 1969, s 94, Sch 6 and Supreme Court Act 1981, s 139(1))

[1983] QB 220; [1983] 2 WLR 141