Nix v. Hedden aids to the memory and understanding of the court. Gray acknowledged that botanically, tomatoes are classified as a "fruit of the vine"; nevertheless, they are seen as vegetables because they were usually eaten as a main course instead of being eaten as a dessert. In making his decision, Justice Gray mentioned another case where it had been claimed that beans were seeds — Justice Bradley, in "Robertson v. Salomon," 130 U.S. 412, 414, similarly found that though a bean is botanically a seed, in common parlance a bean is seen as a vegetable. While on the subject, Gray clarified the
Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Maxwell meeting. Once the HMRC had amended its notices and given sums even though they came after the administration date and even though they could be challenged, they should be counted. Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Maxwell Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Maxwell [2010] EWCA Civ 1379 is a UK insolvency law case, concerning pre-pack insolvencies. HMRC argued that at a creditors’ meeting to approve a prepack insolvency for the Mercury Tax Group Ltd it should have been given £8m worth of votes, rather than £1.5m admitted by the chairman, Edward Klempka. He was an insolvency practitioner appointed by Mercury’s directors,