The liquidator obtained an order requiring a creditor who had attached assets in India to return them to the company in liquidation.Sir W M James LJ said: ‘The winding-up is necessarily confined to this country. It is not immaterial to observe, that there could now be no possibility, having regard to the decision of the … Continue reading In Re Oriental Inland Steam Company ex parte Scinde Railway Company: CA 1874
Where offices had been let to a company which was ordered to be wound up by the Court, a distress was subsequently put in for rent by the lessors, under which the office furniture was seized. Held: as possession of the offices had not, in the opinion of the Court, been retained for the purpose … Continue reading In re Progress Assurance Co Ex parte Liverpool Exchange Co: CA 1870
Section 163 provided ‘any . . distress or execution put in force against the estate or effects of the company after the commencement of the winding up shall be void to all intents.’ After the presentation of a petition, the commencement of a compulsory winding up, but before the winding up order, the lessor of … Continue reading In re Exhall Coal Mining Co Ltd: CA 1864
