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Roberts Petroleum Ltd v Bernard Kenny Ltd

[1983] 2 AC 192
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
Year1983
Statusunclear

Key Principle

A charging order nisi may be discharged where intervening insolvency makes it unjust to make the order absolute, protecting the pari passu principle.

Area of Law

Civil Procedure — charging orders / insolvency priority

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