RULES, FORMS, AND ORDER AS TO FEES, WITH PRACTICAL NOTES AND PRECEDENTS OF ASSIGNMENTS, FOR THE BENEFIT OF CREDITORS, COMPOSITION DEEDS, LETTERS OF LICENCE, DEED OF INSPECTORSHIP, WITH AND OTHER FORMS, APPENDIX, CONTAINING THE BANKRUPTCY (DISCHARGE & CLOSURE) ACT, 1887 (50 & 51 VIC., C. 66); WITH RULES, SCALE OF FEES AND PERCENTAGES, WATERLOW BROS. & LAYTON, LIMITED, 24, BIRCHIN LANE, 28 & 29, LIME STREET, BROKEN WHARF, & 42, UPPER THAMES STREET, E.C. 1888. PREFACE. THE Deeds of Arrangement Act, 1887, should have been intituled "An Act for the prevention of Arrangements between "Debtors and their Creditors without the intervention of the 66 Bankruptcy Court." This is obviously the aim of the Act, but whether such aim will be accomplished remains to be seen. I have endeavoured to state correctly the effect of each section of the Act, and to quote all cases likely to be useful to practitioners, but I cannot hope that I have always succeeded. In the Introduction reference is made to the previous Statutes dealing with arrangements between debtors and creditors; and the plan of the present Act is commented upon. In an Appendix will be found the Bankruptcy (Discharge and Closure) Act, 1887, with Notes, Rules and Scale of Fees. To conclude, I have to thank my friend, Mr. Thos. Hy. Terry, for valuable assistance in the preparation of this book. W. P. December, 1887. PAGE 479 PRECEDENTS. ... No. 1.-Assignment by one debtor for benefit of creditors 3.-Deed of assignment by partners, provisions as to realizing separate estate of each partner, covenant to surrender copy- holds and declaration that deed shall be void unless creditors ... 5.-Ditto, the amount of composition being paid by instalments for which debtors give promissory notes, the last instalment secured. Power to prove for balance in case of bankruptcy... |