The appellant had been committed after failing to file evidence with the registrar after, in the insolvency of the company, another director had filed false evidence to explain missing funds. However the order had required the documents to be filed with his solicitors, and at the time he had none.
Held: The appeal failed. No reasonable man of business would have acted as had the defendant.
Judges:
Mummery LJ, Jacob LJ, Stanley Burnton LJ
Citations:
[2008] EWCA Civ 979, [2010] BPIR 496
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Crystalmews Ltd (in Liquidation) v Metterick and others ChD 25-Oct-2006
Freezing orders had been made in the course of winding up proceedings after the company was found to have been involved in VAT fraud. Applications were made for the committal of defendants for breach of the freezing orders. . .
Cited – Lexi Holdings Plc v Luqman and others ChD 2-Jul-2007
Application was made for the committal to prison for contempt of court by the first defendant for breaches of court orders. . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Contempt of Court, Insolvency
Updated: 20 December 2022; Ref: scu.276835