“…In In re Tucker [1990] Ch 148 applications were made under section 25 of the Bankruptcy Act 1914 against a British subject resident in Belgium. Section 25(1) enabled the court to summon any…”
“…The House of Lords was referred to two decisions of the Court of Appeal, one relating to s.25(1) of the Bankruptcy Act 1914 (Re Tucker [1990] Ch 148), the other concerning s.133 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (Re Seagull Manufacturing Co Ltd [1993] Ch 345) where the statutory provisions enabled the court to ord…”
“…The present case stands between In re Tucker [1990] Ch 148 and In re Seagull [1993] Ch 345. The category of persons embraced by CPR Pt 71 is confined to "an officer" of the company or other corporation—on the face of i…”
“…In my view Dillon LJ's observation in In re Tucker [1990] Ch 148, 157 that "eyebrows might be raised" at the notion that Parliament had in 1914 or 1883 given jurisdiction to any bankruptcy court to summon anyone in the world…”