the Acting Attorney General on the Draft Bills
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Colonial Judgment,
respecting
Bankruptcy
and
Insolvency
and
the
Winding up of Companies, which
accompanied the first of the above-mentioned
despatches.
2.
Your Lordship
will observe
that Mr Leach is much in favour of the
proposed legislation,
and in so
as I can
so far
form an opinion I am disposed to agree
with him.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's Most Obedient,
Humble Servant,
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Enclosure.
C.O.
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Report by the Acting Attorney General and Colonial
Judgment Bill and Bankruptcy
and
Winding up (Colonial) Bill.
I
I have the honour to report that I have
carefully considered their provisions
and that in
2.
my opinion
they are admirable and that
great advantage may be expected from them, if the Colonies will legislate in a similar manner:
The
general principle underlying these measures is to create a federation of all British Courts, for the purpose, (1) of mutually enforcing judgments, in whatever Court recovered, in the
Court of the place where the person against whom the judgment has been recovered, is found, (2) of making vesting orders in Bankruptcy operative wherever made throughout all British Courts, and (3) of similarly making orders for Winding up Companies wherever made available in all British Courts. The
method