Sir John Leonard Knox (6 August 1925 – 28 May 2015) was a British High Court judge, sitting in the Chancery division.
He was appointed on 26 July 1985, and retired on 30 September 1996. Whilst sitting he was styled as Mr Justice Knox or Knox J.
Prior to his elevation to the bench, Sir John practised as a
barrister from what is now termed Radcliffe Chambers.
He was
Attorney-General of the Duchy of Lancaster {{Use dmy dates, date=April 2022
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Attorneys-General
*1478–1483: Richard Empson
*1519–1522: John Hales
*1522–1526: Ed ...
from 1984 to 1986.
Notable cases
Notable judicial decisions that Knox J was involved in included:
* ''
Smith v Croft (No 2)''
988Ch 114 relating to
derivative claims.
* ''
Re Produce Marketing Consortium Ltd (No 2)''
9895 BCC 569 relating to
wrongful trading
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.
* ''
Re New Bullas Trading Ltd
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''
994
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Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* September 15 – Battle of the Orontes: Fatimid forces, under Turkish gener ...
1 BCLC 485 at first instance, relating to
floating charge
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s. Knox J's decision at first instance was reversed by the Court of Appeal, but that decision was later overruled by the House of Lords in , effectively validating Knox J's original decision.
* ''
Re MC Bacon Ltd (No 1)''
990BCLC 324 at the preliminary strike-out stage, relating to
wrongful trading
Wrongful trading is a type of civil wrong found in UK insolvency law, under Section 214 Insolvency Act 1986. It was introduced to enable contributions to be obtained for the benefit of creditors from those responsible for mismanagement of the inso ...
and
unfair preference
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s.
* ''
Re Curtain Dream plc''
990BCLC 925 in relation to
recharacterisation.
Offices
Arms
Footnotes
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1925 births
2015 deaths
Knights Bachelor
Chancery Division judges
Attorneys-General of the Duchy of Lancaster
English King's Counsel
20th-century King's Counsel