A Friendly Society having ceased to operate and discussed dissolution with the Registrar and satisfied him that it had ceased to exist could not then claim to have been merely dormant. Re-constitution was properly refused. A revived society was a new one. Citations: Times 07-Jan-1999 Statutes: Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 16(1)(a Jurisdiction: England … Continue reading In Re Wimbledon and Merton Democratic Club Society Ltd: ChD 7 Jan 1999