The court could exercise a supervisory jurisdiction over the registrar of companies, and enforce his duties through judicial review. The jurisdiction was not general, but one exercising normal public law jurisdiction. In particular, the court has power to order the Registrar of Companies to remove from the register a winding-up order which ought not to have been made and was later rescinded.
Judges:
Hoffmann J
Citations:
[1989] 1 All ER 485, [1989] BCLC 299
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Igroup Ltd v Ocwen (an unlimited company) and Others ChD 23-Oct-2003
The claimant had submitted debentures and forms to the registrar of companies for registration. The documents submitted contained more information than was necessary, and the extra information was commercially sensitive. It sought rectification of . .
Cited – In re a Company (No 007466 of 2003) ChD 19-Jan-2004
The company had published and filed its accounts, but sought to file revised accounts. The Registrar of companies refused permission, and the company asked the court to require the registrar to allow it by virtue of the court’s inherent . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Company
Updated: 25 November 2022; Ref: scu.188708
