United Kingdom jurisdictioncomijurisdiction

Portrait v Minai

[2023] EWHC 1605 (Ch)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtHigh Court of Justice, Chancery Division (Insolvency and Companies List)

Year2023

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

A creditor's bankruptcy petition will be dismissed for want of jurisdiction where the debtor's centre of main interests is not in England and Wales and she did not have a sufficient 'place of residence' here during the relevant three-year period under s.265 Insolvency Act 1986, mere ownership of vacant property being insufficient.

Area of Law

General

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