Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2001] All ER (D) 437 (Jul)
Court: Court of Appeal, Civil Division
Judge:

Henry, Robert Walker LJJ and Sir Anthony Evans

Representation Nigel Davis QC and Paul Teverson (instructed by Rooks Rider) for the claimant.
  Roger Kaye QC and John McCaughran (instructed by Herbert Smith) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 31 July 2001

Catchwords

Mortgage - Equitable mortgage - Equitable interest - Judge granting declaration that office premises owned by defendant were subject to equitable mortgage in favour of claimant - Judge awarding claimant interest on equitable charge - Whether interest might be awarded on equitable charge in absence of contractual right at common law.

The Case

Equitable interest might be awarded when the proceedings were before a court in the exercise of its equitable jurisdiction, even though no contractual right existed at common law.

Practice Areas

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