AES Barry Ltd v Txu Europe Energy Trading: ChD 15 Jul 2004

Patten J considered whether to grant consent to a monetary action against the company now in administration, and said: ‘it will be in exceptional cases that the Court gives a creditor whose claim is simply a monetary one, a right by the taking of proceedings to override and pre-empt that statutory machinery.’

Judges:

Patten J

Citations:

[2004] EWHC 1757 (Ch), [2005] 2 BCLC 22

Links:

Bailii

Statutes:

Insolvency Act 1986 11(3)

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedMcCartney and Unite The Union and Another v Nortel Networks UK Ltd (In Administration) ChD 22-Apr-2010
The administrators gave employees of the company notice of termination of their employment. Then administrators refused consent under para 43(6) to actions against the company in the Northern Ireland Industrial Tribunal for protective awards, unfair . .
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Updated: 26 July 2022; Ref: scu.346727