Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2004] All ER (D) 171 (Jul)
Court: Chancery Division
Judge:

Kevin Garnett QC sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court

Representation Amanda Tipples (instructed by Speechly Bircham) for the claimant.
  Jonathan Steinert (instructed by Girlings) for the first and third defendants.
Judgment Dates: 9 July 2004

Catchwords

Practice and procedure - Order - Charging order - Jurisdiction - Expression of judgment debt in United States dollars - Master refusing amendment to express judgment debt in pounds sterling - Jurisdiction of court to express sum in foreign currency.

The Case

In the instant case the court ruled that in relation to the charging orders and subsequent orders for sale, there was no rule which deprived the court of jurisdiction to make a charging order expressed in a foreign currency.

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