Challenge was made to restrictions on voting imposed on the directors under the company’s articles.
Held: The purpose of article 42 is to provide a ‘sanction or incentive’ to remedy a failure to comply with the disclosure notice.
Mann J
[2013] EWHC 2631 (Ch), [2013] WLR(D) 373, [2014] Bus LR 18, [2014] 1 BCLC 202
Bailii, WLRD
Copanies Act 2006 793
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – In re Ricardo Group Plc ChD 1989
The company had obtained a restrictions order under Part XV. An application was made to the court for relief.
Held: On the facts relief was refused. The respondent had secured discharge of the order under the liberty to apply, having provided . .
Cited – In re TR Technology Investment Trust Plc ChD 1988
The court was asked whether the limition on the circumstances in which the court could remove restrictions imposed under section 794, applied to a merely interim order.
Held: It did not. Hoffmann J said of the powers t demand information given . .
Cited by:
Appeal from – JKX Oil and Gas Plc and Others v Eclairs Group Ltd CA 13-May-2014
The court was asked as to important issues on the validity and constitutionality of restrictions imposed by the directors pursuant to Part 22 of the 2006 Act and the company’s Articles of Association, including the purported disenfranchisement of . .
At First Instance – Eclairs Group Ltd and Glengary Overseas Ltd v JKX Oil and Gas Plc SC 2-Dec-2015
Company Director not Trustee but is Fiduciary
The Court was asked about an alleged ‘corporate raid’, an attempt to exploit a minority shareholding in a company to obtain effective management or voting control without paying what other shareholders would regard as a proper price.
Held: The . .
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Updated: 19 November 2021; Ref: scu.514978