The appeals raise a point of some general importance in relation to the powers of the official receiver; namely, whether, at a time when the official receiver is pursuing disqualification proceedings against a former director, the court has jurisdiction to make an order, on an application made by the official receiver under section 236 of … Continue reading Official Receiver v Meade-King and Another: CA 30 Jan 2001
Judges: Chadwick, Laws, Jonathan Parker LJJ Citations: [2005] EWCA Civ 247, [2005] CP Rep 33, [2006] 1 WLR 2194, [2005] 3 Costs LR 363, [2005] BPIR 454, [2005] 1 All ER 272 Links: Bailii Statutes: Insolvency Act 1986 213 214 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Company, Insolvency Updated: 12 December 2022; Ref: scu.223683
Appeal against strike out of application to have set aside deeds of assignment. Judges: Brooke VP, Arden LJJ Citations: [2005] EWCA Civ 276 Links: Bailii Statutes: Insolvency Act 1986 167(3) 168(5) Jurisdiction: England and Wales Citing: Cited – In Re Edennote Ltd; Tottenham Hotspur plc v Ryman CA 21-May-1996 The company was in liquidation. Terence … Continue reading Ultraframe (UK) Ltd v Rigby and others: CA 19 Jan 2005
A property adjustment order cannot be made against a bankrupt former spouse because the property of the bankrupt vests in the trustee in bankruptcy against whom an order under section 24 cannot be made. It was highly unlikely that postponement of payment of the debts would cause any great hardship to any of the creditors. … Continue reading In re Holliday: CA 1981
