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Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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SEDGWICK, COLLINS & CO., LTD. v. ROSSIA INSURANCE CO. OF PETROGRAD (EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LTD., GARNISHEES).

(1926) 25 Ll.L.Rep. 453

HOUSE OF LORDS.

Before the Lord Chancellor (Viscount Cave), Lord Shaw, Lord Sumner, Lord Parmoor and Lord Blanesburgh.

Garnishee-Judgment obtained against Russian company-Attachment of debt due from English company to Russian company - Applications to discharge order nisi and to set aside judgment- Alleged dissolution of Russian company by Soviet decrees-Service of writ upon person authorised to receive service as required by Companies (Consolidation) Act, 1908, Sect. 274 - Submission to jurisdiction-Notice given by authorised person that Russian company had ceased to exist - Whether sufficient - Practice-Competence of garnishees to apply to set aside judgment.

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