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Sources on corporate law.
Corporate law
- Attorney General of Belize v Belize Telecom Ltd [2009] UKPC 11
- Kamer van Koophandel en Fabrieken voor Amsterdam v Inspire Art Ltd (C-167/01)
Personality
- Berkey v Third Avenue Railway 244 NY 602, 155 NE 914 (1927)
- Macaura v Northern Assurance Co Ltd [1925] AC 619
- Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Bottrill [1999] EWCA Civ 781
- Daimler Co Ltd v Continental Tyre and Rubber Co (Great Britain) Ltd [1916] 2 AC 307
- Jones v Lipman [1962] 1 WLR 832
- Trustor AB v Smallbone (No 2) [2001] 2 BCLC 436
- Smith, Stone & Knight Ltd v Birmingham Corp [1939] 4 All ER 116
- Re FG (Films) Ltd [1953] 1 WLR 483
- Woolfson v Strathclyde Regional Council [1978] SLT 159
- Creasey v Breachwood Motors Ltd [1992] BCC 638
- Ord v Belhaven Pubs Ltd [1998] 2 BCLC 447
- Lonrho Ltd v Shell Petroleum Co Ltd (No 2) [1982] AC 173
- Charterbridge Corp Ltd v Lloyds Bank Ltd [1970] Ch 62
- Bell Houses v City Wall Properties Ltd [1966] 2 QB 656
- Panorama Developments (Guildford) Limited v Fidelis Furnishing Fabrics Limited [1971] 2 QB 711
- Fairline Shipping Corp v Adamson [1975] QB 180
- C Evans & Son Ltd v Spritebrand Ltd [1983] QB 310
- Williams v Natural Life Health Foods Ltd [1998] 1 BCLC 689
Capacity
- Objects
- ss 31, 39, 40, 239, 281
- Ashbury Railway Carriage & Iron Co Ltd v Riche (1875) LR 7 HL 653
- Attorney General v Great Eastern Railway Co (1880) 5 App Cas 473
- Hutton v West Cork Railway Co (1883) 23 Ch D 654
- Re Crown Bank (1890) LR 44 Ch D 634
- Re David Payne & Co Ltd [1904] 2 Ch 608
- Cotman v Brougham [1918] AC 514
- Bell Houses v City Wall Properties [1966] 2 QB 656
- Evans v Brunner, Mond & Co Ltd [1921] 1 Ch 359
- Re Lee Behrens [1932] 2 Ch 46
- Re Horsley & Weight Ltd [1982] 3 All ER 1045
- Charterbridge Corp Ltd v Lloyds Bank Ltd [1970] Ch 62
- Re Halt Garage (1964) Ltd [1982] 3 All ER 1016
- Re David Payne [1904] 2 Ch 608
- Re Jon Beauforte (London) Ltd [1953] Ch 131
- Morris v Kanssen [1946] AC 459
- Ruben v Great Fingall Consolidated [1906] AC 439
- Mahony v East Holyford Mining Co (1875) LR 7 HL 869
- Lennard's Carrying Co Ltd v Asiatic Petroleum Co Ltd [1915] AC 705
- Panorama Developments (Guildford) Ltd v Fidelis Furnishing Fabrics Ltd [1971] 2 QB 711
Constitution
- Borland’s Trustee v Steel Bros & Co Ltd [1901] 1 Ch 279
- John Shaw & Sons (Salford) Ltd v Shaw [1935] 2 KB 113
- Rayfield v Hands [1960] Ch 1
- Mitchell & Hobbs (UK) Ltd v Mill [1996] 2 BCLC 102
- Eley v Positive Government Security Life Assurance Co Ltd (1876) 1 Ex D 88
- Pender v Lushington (1877) 6 Ch D 70
- Swabey v Port Darwin Gold Mining Co (1889) 1 Meg 385
- F Goldsmith (Sicklesmere) Ltd v Baxter [1970] 1 Ch 85
Directors
- Scope
- Re Hydrodan (Corby) Ltd [1994] BCC 161
- Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Tjolle [1998] BCC 282
- Ultraframe (UK) Ltd v Fielding [2005] EWHC 1638
- Percival v Wright [1902] 2 Ch 401
- Dawson International plc v Coats Paton plc [1989] BCLC 233
- Heron International Ltd v Lord Grade [1983] BCLC 244
- Re Chez Nico (Restaurants) Ltd [1992] BCLC 192
- Peskin v Anderson [2000] All ER (D) 2278
- Care and skill
- Re Cardiff Savings Bank [1892] 2 Ch 100
- Dovey v Cory [1901] AC 477
- Re City Equitable Fire Insurance Co [1925] Ch 407
- Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 and SI 1982/1771
- Norman v Theodore Goddard [1991] BCLC 1028
- Dorchester Finance Co Ltd v Stebbing (1977) [1989] BCLC 498
- Shlensky v Wrigley 95 Ill App 2d 173 (1968)
- Smith v Van Gorkom 448 A 2d 858 (Del 1985)
- In re Caremark International Inc Derivative Litigation 698 A 2d 959 (Del Ch 1996)
- In Re Walt Disney Derivative Litigation 907 A 2d 693 (Del Ch 2005)
- Authority
- Punt v Symons & Co Ltd [1903] 2 Ch 506
- Hogg v Cramphorn Ltd [1967] Ch 254
- Success
- Boulting v ACTAT [1963] 2 QB 606
- Parke v Daily News Ltd [1962] Ch 927
- Clemens v Clemens Bros Ltd [1976] 2 All ER 268
- Multinational Gas & Petrochemical Co v Multinational Gas & Petrochemical Services Ltd [1983] Ch 258
- Creditors
- West Mercia Safetywear Ltd v Dodd (1988) 4 BCC 30
- Lonrho Ltd v Shell Petroleum Co Ltd [1980] 2 QB 358
- Winkworth v Edward Baron Development Co Ltd [1986] 1 WLR 1512
- Kuwait Asia Bank v National Nominees Ltd [1991] 1 AC 187
- Daniels v Anderson [1995] ACSR 607
- Colin Gwyer & Associates Ltd v London Wharf (Limehouse) Ltd [2003] BCC 885
- Conflict of interest
- Whelpdale v Cookson (1747) 1 Ves Sen 9
- Aberdeen Railway Co v Blaikie Bros (1853) 15 D (HL) 20
- Parker v McKenna (1874-75) LR 10 Ch App 96
- Bray v Ford [1896] AC 44
- Meinhard v Salmon 164 NE 545 (NY 1928)
- Island Export Finance Ltd v Umunna [1986] BCLC 460
- Gencor ACP Ltd v Dalby [2000] 2 BCLC 734
- In Plus Group Ltd v Pyke [2002] EWCA Civ 370
- Foster Bryant Surveying Ltd v Bryant [2007] EWCA Civ 200
- Broz v Cellular Information Systems 673 A 2d 148 (Del 1996)
- Disqualification
- Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 ss 2–11
- Re Sevenoaks Stationers (Retail) Ltd [1991] Ch 164
- Re Lo-Line ElectricMotors Ltd [1988] Ch 477
- Re Westmid Packing Service Ltd [1998] 2 BCLC 646
Minority protection
- Common law
- Menier v Hooper's Telegraph Company (1874) LR 9 Ch App 350
- North West Transportation Co Ltd v Beatty (1887) 12 App Cas 589
- Allen v Gold Reefs of West Africa Ltd [1900] 1 Ch 656
- Brown v British Abrasive Wheel Co [1919] 1 Ch 290
- Sidebottom v Kershaw, Leese & Co Ltd [1920] 1 Ch 154
- Shuttleworth v Cox Bros and Co (Maidenhead) [1927] 1 Ch 154
- White v Bristol Aeroplane Co [1953] Ch 65
- Jones v HF Ahamson & Company 1 Cal 3d 93 (1969) Traynor J
- Derivative actions
- CA 2006, ss 260-264, s 172, 239
- Macdougall v Gardiner (1875) 1 Ch D 13
- Pender v Lushington (1877) 6 Ch D 70
- Quinn & Axtens v Salmon [1909] AC 442
- Cook v Deeks [1916] 1 AC 554
- Pavlides v Jensen [1956] Ch 565
- Alexander Ward v Samyang [1975] 2 All ER 424
- Clemens v Clemens Bros Ltd [1976] 2 All ER 268
- Daniels v Daniels [1978] Ch 406
- Prudential Assurance Co Ltd v Newman Industries Ltd (No 2) [1982] Ch 204
- Clark v Cutland [2003] EWCA Civ 810
- Giles v Rhind [2003] Ch 618
- Franbar Holdings Ltd v Patel [2008] EWHC 1534 (Ch)
- Joy v North 692 F 2d 880 (Conn 1982)
- Just and equitable winding up
- IA 1986, s 122(1)(g)
- Re German Date Coffee Co (1882) 20 Ch D 169
- Re Thomas Edward Brinsmead & Sons [1897] 1 Ch 406
- Loch v John Blackwood Ltd [1924] AC 783
- Re A&BC Chewing Gum [1975] 1 WLR 579
- Re Guidezone Ltd [2000] 2 BCLC 321
- Unfair prejudice
- CA 2006, ss 994-996
- Scottish Cooperative Wholesale Society v Meyer [1959] AC 324
- Re Harmer [1958] 1 WLR 62, noted [1959] CLJ 37
- Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York v The Rank Organisation Ltd [1985] BCLC 11
- Re a Company [1986] BCLC 376
- Re Blue Arrow plc [1987] BCLC 585
- Re Sam Weller & Sons Ltd [1990] Ch 682
- Re Elgindata [1991] BCLC 959
- Re JE Cade & Son Ltd [1991] BCC 360
- Re Unisoft Group Ltd (No 3) [1994] 1 BCLC 609
- Re Tottenham Hotspur plc [1994] 1 BCLC 655
- Re Macro (Ipswich) Ltd [1994] 2 BCLC 354
- Re Saul D Harrison & Sons plc [1995] 1 BCLC 14
- Quinlan v Essex Hinge Co Ltd [1996] 2 BCLC 417
- Brownlow v G H Marshall Ltd [2000] 2 BCLC 655
- Lloyd v Casey [2001] 1 BCLC 454
- Rock Nominees Ltd v RCO (Holdings) plc [2004] 1 BCLC 439
- Kung v Kou [2004] HKCU 1453
- Strahan v Wilcox [2006] EWCA Civ 13
- Re Abbey Leisure Ltd [1990] BCC 60
Mergers and takeovers
- R v Panel for Takeovers and Mergers, ex parte Datafin plc [1987] QB 815
- Rule 21, Takeover Code
- Takeover Directive 2004/15/EC
- Hogg v Cramphorn Ltd
- Criterion Properties plc v Stratford (UK) Homes LLC
- Cheff v. Mathes 199 A.2d 548 (Del. 1964)
- Unocal Corp. v. Mesa Petroleum Co., 493 A.2d 946 (Del. 1985)
- Unitrin, Inc. v. American General Corp., Del. Supr., 651 A.2d 1361 (1995)
- Paramount v. Time
- Revlon, Inc. v. MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, Inc., 506 A.2d 173 (Del. 1986)
Insolvency
- Statute of Bankrupts Act 1542 (34 & 35 Henry VIII, c. 4) principle of pari passu
- Kenneth Cork, Report of the Review Committee on Insolvency Law and Practice (1982) Cmnd 8558 (aka ‘the Cork Report’)
- Insolvency Act 1986 (IA 1986) and Insolvency Rules 1986
- Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986
- Enterprise Act 2002
- IA s 122(1)(f), when a winding up order may be granted
- IA s 123(1)(e) and IA s 123(2), the cash flow and balance sheet tests of insolvency
- Cornhill Insurance plc v Improvement Services Ltd [1986] 1 WLR 114
- V Finch, ‘The Measures of Insolvency’ (1997) 17 OJLS 227
- T Jackson and D Baird, ‘Corporate Reorganizations and the Treatment of Diverse Ownership Interests’ [1984] 51 University of Chicago LR 97
- T Jackson, ‘Bankruptcy, Non-Bankruptcy Entitlement, and the Creditors’ Bargain’ (1982) 91 Yale LJ 857
- K Gross, ‘Taking Community Interests into Account in Bankruptcy: An Essay’ (1994) 72 Washington University Law Quarterly 1031
- E Warren, ‘Bankruptcy Policy’ (1987) 54 University of Chicago Law Review 775
Procedures
- s 1-7 IA 1986, 75% majority of creditors can bind the whole
- Sch A1 IA 1986, company voluntary arrangements with a moratorium
- Sch B1, para 3(1) (purpose of administration)
- Sch B1, para 11 (conditions for making order)
- Re Harris Simons Construction Ltd [1989] 1 WLR 368
- Re Charnley Davies Ltd (No 2) [1990] BCLC 760
- Kyrris v Oldham [2004] BCC 111
- ss 28-49 IA 1986, on administrators
- ss 72A-72H IA 1986, on the revised position of ‘administrative receivers’
- Re Atlantic Computer Systems (No 1) [1992] Ch 505
- Powdrill v Watson [1995] 2 AC 394; [1995] 2 WLR 312
- Airlines Airspares Ltd v Handley Page Ltd [1970] Ch 193
- Downsview Nominees Ltd v First City Corporation Ltd [1993] AC 295
- Medforth v Blake [1999] 3 WLR 922; [1999] BCC 771
- Re Peveril Gold Mines Ltd [1898] 1 Ch 122
- Re Rica Gold Washing Co (1879) 11 Ch D 36
- Stonegate Securities Ltd v Gregory [1980] Ch 576
- Mann v Goldstein [1968] 1 WLR 1091
Security
- s 738 CA 2006
- Levy v Abercorris Slate and Slab Co (1887) 37 Ch D 260
- British India Steam Navigation Co v IRC (1881) 7 QBD 165
- National Provincial Bank v Charnley [1924] 1 KB 431
- s 860-877 CA 2006
- Agnew v IRC (Re Brumark Investments Ltd) [2001] UKPC 28
- Re Yorkshire Woolcombers Association Ltd [1903] 2 Ch 284
- Illingworth v Houldsworth [1904] AC 355
- Evans v British Granite Quarries Ltd [1910] 2 KB 979
- Re Bond Worth [1980] 1 Ch 228
- Re Cosslett (Contractors) Ltd [1998] Ch 495
- Re Bank of Credit and Commerce International SA (No 8) [1998] AC 214
- Re Castell and Brown Ltd [1898] 1 Ch 315
- Biggerstaff v Rowatt’s Wharf Ltd [1896] 2 Ch 93 (S&W 476)
- Re Brightlife [1987] 1 Ch 200
- Re Woodroffes (Musical Instruments) Ltd [1986] Ch 366 (
- N W Robbie & Co Ltd v Witney Warehouse Co Ltd [1963] 1 WLR 1324
- George Barker Ltd v Eynon [1974] 1 WLR 462
- Siebe Gorman & Co Ltd v Barclays Bank Ltd [1979] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 142
- Re New Bullas Trading Ltd [1994] 1 BCLC 485
- Re Spectrum Plus Ltd [2005] UKHL 41
- Aluminium Industrie Vaassen BV v Romalpa Aluminium Ltd [1976] 1 WLR 676
- ss 40, 115, 175, 386 IA 1986, incentives to provide for fixed rather than floating charges
- Shamji v Johnson Matthey Bankers Ltd [1991] BCLC 35
- Quistclose trust
- Re Maxwell Communications Corp (no 2) [1994] 1 BCLC 1
Distribution
- s 245 IA 1986
- Re Parkes Garage (Swadlincote) Ltd [1929] 1 Ch 139
- Re Yeovil Glove Co Ltd [1965] Ch 148
- Re Shoe Lace Ltd or Power v Sharp Investments Ltd [1994] 1 BCLC 111
- s 127 IA 1986, all transactions after winding up void unless court allows them
- Re Gray’s Inn Construction Co Ltd [1980] 1 WLR 711
- s 423 IA 1986 and Fraudulent Conveyances Act 1571
- Arbuthnot Leasing International Ltd v Havelet Leasing Ltd (No 2) [1990] BCC 36
- s 238 IA 1986, transactions at an undervalue ; and s 239 IA 1986, voidable preferences
- Re MC Bacon Ltd [1990] BCLC 324
- Phillips v Brewin Dolphin Bell Lawrie Ltd [2001] UKHL 2; [2001] 1 BCLC 145
- National Westminster Bank plc v Jones [2001] EWCA Civ 1541; [2002] 1 BCLC 55
- Re Agriplant Services Ltd [1997] 2 BCLC 598 (Wiki)
- Re Exchange Travel (Holdings) Ltd [1996] 2 BCLC 524
- s 212 IA 1986, misfeasance
- Re Anglo-Austrian Printing & Publishing Union [1985] 2 Ch 891 (S&W 666, 674)
- Re Oasis Merchandising Services Ltd [1995] 2 BCLC 493 (S&W 666, 674)
- s 213 IA 1986, fraudulent trading
- Morphites v Bernasconi [2002] EWCA Civ 289, [2003] 2 WLR 1521
- Re Patrick & Lyon Ltd [1933] Ch 786
- Re Gerald Cooper Chemicals Ltd [1978] Ch 262
- s 214 IA 1986, wrongful trading
- Re Produce Marketing Consortium Ltd (No 2) [1989] BCLC 520 (S&W 671)
- Re Purpoint Ltd [1991] BCC 121 (S&W 674)
- Re Cubelock Ltd [2001] BCC 523
- Re Brian D Pierson (Contractors) Ltd [2001] 1 BCLC 275
- Re Continental Assurance Co of London plc (Singer v Beckett) [2007] 2 BCLC 287
- ss 115, 156 IA 1986
- Re Leyland Daf Ltd (Buchler v Talbot) [2004] UKHL 9; [2002] EWCA Civ 228
- Re Toshoku Finance UK plc (Kahn v IRC) [2002] 1 BCLC 598
- Re Floor Fourteen Ltd, or Lewis v IRC [2001] 2 BCLC 392
- s 175, 386 and Sch 6 IA 1986
- IA 1986 s 176A and SI 2003/2097
- Soden v British and Commonwealth Holdings plc [1998] AC 298
References
- PL Davies, Gower and Davies Principles of Modern Company Law (Sweet & Maxwell 2008)