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Ex parte Mackay (Re Jeavons)

Re Jeavons, ex parte Mackay (1873) LR 8 Ch App 643 (CA in Chancery)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtCourt of Appeal in Chancery
Year1873
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A person cannot contract that, on his bankruptcy/insolvency, he will obtain an additional advantage that removes property from distribution under the insolvency laws; such anti-deprivation provisions are void as contrary to public policy.

Area of Law

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