“…The next relevant decision is that of this court in W.A. Sherratt Ltd v. John Bromley (Church Stretton) Ltd [1985] 1 QB 1038. This is regarded by the liquidators as their best case. Before, however, coming to Sherratt, I shall first refer to four authorities central to the discussion…”
“…apparently for the first time in our jurisprudence – that the payer of money into court thereupon disposes of his property in it. The report of the argument in [1985] 1 QB 1038 does not suggest that any such submission was made to the court. That is not surprising because it would have been irrelevant to the issues in the appeal. If, …”