The duties of the Official Receiver in company director disqualification proceedings were related to the gathering of information regarding the trading of a company. The powers given to the receiver did not include the power to commence proceedings, nor to seek out documents with the intention of defending an application for strike out of director disqualification proceedings. Orders made on an application for discovery of such documents were set aside.
Citations:
Gazette 15-Dec-2000, Times 23-Nov-2000
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Appeal from – In re Pantmaenog Timber Co Ltd CA 25-Jul-2001
The Official Receiver could not use the powers given to him for the purposes of his insolvency duties to require production of documents form solicitors and accountants, to satisfy duties placed on him by the Secretary of State for the purpose of . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Company, Insolvency
Updated: 08 April 2022; Ref: scu.82109
