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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

CA 2006 ss 14, 21, 25, 33, 630, 633
CA 2006 ss 12, 70, 154, 155, 157, 168

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

IA 1986 ss 187, 214
CA 2006, ss 170-182, 188-196, 197-214, 215-222, 239, 247, 551, 1157

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

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

National Insurance Corporation v Winmark Limited [2009] UKPC 8

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)

v t e Corporate personality cases
Case of Sutton's Hospital (1612) 77 ER 960
Salomon v A Salomon & Co Ltd [1896] UKHL 1
Macaura v Northern Assurance Co Ltd [1925] AC 619
Gilford Motor Co Ltd v Horne [1933] Ch 935
Lee v Lee's Air Farming Ltd [1960] UKPC 33
Jones v Lipman [1962] 1 WLR 832
Tunstall v Steigmann [1962] 2 QB 593
Littlewoods Mail Order Stores v IRC [1969] 1 WLR 1214
Wallersteiner v Moir [1974] 1 WLR 991
DHN Ltd v Tower Hamlets LBC [1976] 1 WLR 852
Woolfson v Strathclyde Regional Council [1978] UKHL 5
Ord v Belhaven Pubs Ltd [1998] EWCA Civ 243
Lubbe v Cape Plc [2000] UKHL 41
Gencor ACP Ltd v Dalby [2000] EWHC 1560 (Ch)
Trustor AB v Smallbone (No 2) [2001] EWHC 703 (Ch)
Chandler v Cape plc [2012] EWCA Civ 525
Prest v Petrodel Resources Ltd [2013] UKSC 34
VTB Capital plc v Nutritek Int Corp [2013] UKSC 5
Lungowe v Vedanta Resources plc [2019] UKSC 20
Rome II Regulation (EC) No 864/2007 arts 1(2)(d) and 4
see UK company law

v t e Company liability cases
Royal British Bank v Turquand (1856) 6 E&B 327
Ashbury Railway Carriage Ltd v Riche (1875) LR 7 HL 653
Hutton v West Cork Railway Co (1883) 39 Ch D 156
Rolled Steel Ltd v British Steel Corp [1985] Ch 246
Companies Act 2006 ss 39-41
Freeman and Lockyer v Buckhurst Park Ltd [1964] 2 QB 480
Hely-Hutchinson v Brayhead Ltd [1968] 1 QB 549
Panorama Ltd v Fidelis Furnishing Fabrics Ltd [1971] 2 QB 711
Meridian Global Ltd v Securities Commission [1995] UKPC 5
see UK company law

v t e Company constitution cases
Attorney General v Davy (1741) 2 Atk 212
R v Richardson (1758) 97 ER 426
Pender v Lushington (1877) 6 Ch D 70
Automatic Self-Clean. Filter Ltd v Cuninghame [1906] 2 Ch 34
Quin & Axtens Ltd v Salmon [1909] AC 442
Barron v Potter [1914] 1 Ch 895
Hickman v Kent Sheep-Breeders’ Association [1915] 1 Ch 881
Southern Foundries (1926) Ltd v Shirlaw [1940] AC 701
Harold Holdsworth Ltd v Caddies [1955] 1 WLR 352
Bushell v Faith [1970] AC 1099
Attorney General of Belize v Belize Telecom Ltd [2009]
Companies Act 2006 s 33
see UK company law

v t e Director duty cases
The Charitable Corporation v Sutton (1742) 26 ER 642
Aberdeen Railway Co v Blaikie Brothers (1854) 1 Macq HL 461
Percival v Wright [1902] 2 Ch 421
Cook v Deeks [1916] 1 AC 554
Re City Equitable Fire Insurance Co [1925] Ch 407
Re Smith and Fawcett Ltd [1942] 1 Ch 304
Regal (Hastings) Ltd v Gulliver [1942] 1 All ER 378
IDC Ltd v Cooley [1972] 1 WLR 443
Howard Smith Ltd v Ampol Petroleum Ltd [1974] AC 821
Re Lo-Line Electric Motors Ltd [1988] Ch 477
Re Sevenoaks Stationers (Retail) Ltd [1991] Ch 164
Re D’Jan of London Ltd [1994] 1 BCLC 561
Re Barings plc (No 5) [1999] 1 BCLC 433
Peskin v Anderson [2000] EWCA Civ 326
CMS Dolphin Ltd v Simonet [2001] EWHC (Ch) 4159
Bhullar v Bhullar [2003] EWCA Civ 424
Eclairs Group Ltd v JKX Oil & Gas plc [2015] UKSC 71
see UK company law

v t e Minority protection cases
Companies Act 2006 ss 260-264
Foss v Harbottle (1843) 67 ER 189
Southern Foundries (1926) Ltd v Shirlaw [1940] AC 701
Edwards v Halliwell [1950] 2 All ER 1064
Greenhalgh v Arderne Cinemas Ltd [1951] Ch 286
Wallersteiner v Moir (No 2) [1975] QB 373
Estmanco v Greater London Council [1982] 1 WLR 2
Smith v Croft (No 2) [1988] Ch 114
Johnson v Gore Wood & Co [2000]
Profinance Trust SA v Gladstone [2001]
Companies Act 2006 ss 994-996
Re Yenidje Tobacco Co Ltd [1916] 2 Ch 426
Ebrahimi v Westbourne Galleries Ltd [1973] AC 360
Re Bird Precision Bellows Ltd [1984] Ch 658
Insolvency Act 1986 s 122(1)(g)
Re London School of Electronics [1986] Ch 211
O’Neill v Phillips [1999]
see UK company law