Re Gosscott (Groundworks) Ltd: 1988

The court had jurisdiction under section 51 to order that the costs of administration proceedings overtaken by a compulsory liquidation could be ordered to be treated as costs in the winding-up.

Judges:

Mervyn Davies J

Citations:

[1988] BCLC 363

Statutes:

Supreme Court Act 1981 51

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

ApprovedUnadkat and Co (Accountants) Ltd v Bhardwaj and Another ChD 11-Oct-2006
Section 651 was broad enough to enable the court to order that the costs of having the dissolution of a company declared void be treated as an expense in the winding-up, notwithstanding the decision of the House of Lords in Re Toshoku Finance UK plc . .
CitedIrish Reel Productions Ltd v Capitol Films Ltd ChD 10-Feb-2010
The petitioner’s winding-up petition had been dismissed on the defendant company being put into administration. The petitioner asked for its costs to be paid as an administration expense payable in priority to the administrator’s expenses.
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Insolvency, Costs

Updated: 02 May 2022; Ref: scu.408658