User:Wikidea/corporate

Sources on corporate law.

Corporate law

 * Attorney General of Belize v Belize Telecom Ltd [2009] UKPC 11
 * Kamer van Koophandel en Fabrieken voor Amsterdam v Inspire Art Ltd (C-167/01)

Personality

 * Berkey v Third Avenue Railway 244 NY 602, 155 NE 914 (1927)
 * Macaura v Northern Assurance Co Ltd [1925] AC 619
 * Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Bottrill [1999] EWCA Civ 781
 * Daimler Co Ltd v Continental Tyre and Rubber Co (Great Britain) Ltd [1916] 2 AC 307
 * Jones v Lipman [1962] 1 WLR 832
 * Trustor AB v Smallbone (No 2) [2001] 2 BCLC 436
 * Smith, Stone & Knight Ltd v Birmingham Corp [1939] 4 All ER 116
 * Re FG (Films) Ltd [1953] 1 WLR 483
 * Woolfson v Strathclyde Regional Council [1978] SLT 159
 * Creasey v Breachwood Motors Ltd [1992] BCC 638
 * Ord v Belhaven Pubs Ltd [1998] 2 BCLC 447


 * Lonrho Ltd v Shell Petroleum Co Ltd (No 2) [1982] AC 173
 * Charterbridge Corp Ltd v Lloyds Bank Ltd [1970] Ch 62
 * Bell Houses v City Wall Properties Ltd [1966] 2 QB 656
 * Panorama Developments (Guildford) Limited v Fidelis Furnishing Fabrics Limited [1971] 2 QB 711


 * Fairline Shipping Corp v Adamson [1975] QB 180
 * C Evans & Son Ltd v Spritebrand Ltd [1983] QB 310
 * Williams v Natural Life Health Foods Ltd [1998] 1 BCLC 689

Capacity

 * Objects
 * ss 31, 39, 40, 239, 281
 * Ashbury Railway Carriage & Iron Co Ltd v Riche (1875) LR 7 HL 653
 * Attorney General v Great Eastern Railway Co (1880) 5 App Cas 473
 * Hutton v West Cork Railway Co (1883) 23 Ch D 654
 * Re Crown Bank (1890) LR 44 Ch D 634
 * Re David Payne & Co Ltd [1904] 2 Ch 608
 * Cotman v Brougham [1918] AC 514
 * Bell Houses v City Wall Properties [1966] 2 QB 656


 * Evans v Brunner, Mond & Co Ltd [1921] 1 Ch 359
 * Re Lee Behrens [1932] 2 Ch 46
 * Re Horsley & Weight Ltd [1982] 3 All ER 1045
 * Charterbridge Corp Ltd v Lloyds Bank Ltd [1970] Ch 62
 * Re Halt Garage (1964) Ltd [1982] 3 All ER 1016


 * Re David Payne [1904] 2 Ch 608
 * Re Jon Beauforte (London) Ltd [1953] Ch 131
 * Morris v Kanssen [1946] AC 459
 * Ruben v Great Fingall Consolidated [1906] AC 439
 * Mahony v East Holyford Mining Co (1875) LR 7 HL 869


 * Lennard's Carrying Co Ltd v Asiatic Petroleum Co Ltd [1915] AC 705
 * Panorama Developments (Guildford) Ltd v Fidelis Furnishing Fabrics Ltd [1971] 2 QB 711

Constitution

 * CA 2006 ss 14, 21, 25, 33, 630, 633
 * CA 2006 ss 12, 70, 154, 155, 157, 168


 * Borland’s Trustee v Steel Bros & Co Ltd [1901] 1 Ch 279
 * John Shaw & Sons (Salford) Ltd v Shaw [1935] 2 KB 113
 * Rayfield v Hands [1960] Ch 1
 * Mitchell & Hobbs (UK) Ltd v Mill [1996] 2 BCLC 102


 * Eley v Positive Government Security Life Assurance Co Ltd (1876) 1 Ex D 88
 * Pender v Lushington (1877) 6 Ch D 70
 * Swabey v Port Darwin Gold Mining Co (1889) 1 Meg 385


 * F Goldsmith (Sicklesmere) Ltd v Baxter [1970] 1 Ch 85

Directors

 * IA 1986 ss 187, 214
 * CA 2006, ss 170-182, 188-196, 197-214, 215-222, 239, 247, 551, 1157


 * Scope
 * Re Hydrodan (Corby) Ltd [1994] BCC 161
 * Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Tjolle [1998] BCC 282
 * Ultraframe (UK) Ltd v Fielding [2005] EWHC 1638
 * Percival v Wright [1902] 2 Ch 401
 * Dawson International plc v Coats Paton plc [1989] BCLC 233
 * Heron International Ltd v Lord Grade [1983] BCLC 244
 * Re Chez Nico (Restaurants) Ltd [1992] BCLC 192
 * Peskin v Anderson [2000] All ER (D) 2278


 * Care and skill
 * Re Cardiff Savings Bank [1892] 2 Ch 100
 * Dovey v Cory [1901] AC 477
 * Re City Equitable Fire Insurance Co [1925] Ch 407
 * Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 and SI 1982/1771
 * Norman v Theodore Goddard [1991] BCLC 1028
 * Dorchester Finance Co Ltd v Stebbing (1977) [1989] BCLC 498


 * Shlensky v Wrigley 95 Ill App 2d 173 (1968)
 * Smith v Van Gorkom 448 A 2d 858 (Del 1985)
 * In re Caremark International Inc Derivative Litigation 698 A 2d 959 (Del Ch 1996)
 * In Re Walt Disney Derivative Litigation 907 A 2d 693 (Del Ch 2005)


 * Authority
 * Punt v Symons & Co Ltd [1903] 2 Ch 506
 * Hogg v Cramphorn Ltd [1967] Ch 254


 * Success
 * Boulting v ACTAT [1963] 2 QB 606
 * Parke v Daily News Ltd [1962] Ch 927
 * Clemens v Clemens Bros Ltd [1976] 2 All ER 268
 * Multinational Gas & Petrochemical Co v Multinational Gas & Petrochemical Services Ltd [1983] Ch 258


 * Creditors
 * West Mercia Safetywear Ltd v Dodd (1988) 4 BCC 30
 * Lonrho Ltd v Shell Petroleum Co Ltd [1980] 2 QB 358
 * Winkworth v Edward Baron Development Co Ltd [1986] 1 WLR 1512
 * Kuwait Asia Bank v National Nominees Ltd [1991] 1 AC 187
 * Daniels v Anderson [1995] ACSR 607
 * Colin Gwyer & Associates Ltd v London Wharf (Limehouse) Ltd [2003] BCC 885


 * Conflict of interest
 * Whelpdale v Cookson (1747) 1 Ves Sen 9
 * Aberdeen Railway Co v Blaikie Bros (1853) 15 D (HL) 20
 * Parker v McKenna (1874-75) LR 10 Ch App 96
 * Bray v Ford [1896] AC 44
 * Meinhard v Salmon 164 NE 545 (NY 1928)
 * Island Export Finance Ltd v Umunna [1986] BCLC 460
 * Gencor ACP Ltd v Dalby [2000] 2 BCLC 734
 * In Plus Group Ltd v Pyke [2002] EWCA Civ 370
 * Foster Bryant Surveying Ltd v Bryant [2007] EWCA Civ 200


 * Broz v Cellular Information Systems 673 A 2d 148 (Del 1996)


 * Disqualification
 * Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 ss 2–11
 * Re Sevenoaks Stationers (Retail) Ltd [1991] Ch 164
 * Re Lo-Line ElectricMotors Ltd [1988] Ch 477
 * Re Westmid Packing Service Ltd [1998] 2 BCLC 646

Minority protection

 * Common law
 * Menier v Hooper's Telegraph Company (1874) LR 9 Ch App 350
 * North West Transportation Co Ltd v Beatty (1887) 12 App Cas 589
 * Allen v Gold Reefs of West Africa Ltd [1900] 1 Ch 656
 * Brown v British Abrasive Wheel Co [1919] 1 Ch 290
 * Sidebottom v Kershaw, Leese & Co Ltd [1920] 1 Ch 154
 * Shuttleworth v Cox Bros and Co (Maidenhead) [1927] 1 Ch 154
 * White v Bristol Aeroplane Co [1953] Ch 65


 * Jones v HF Ahamson & Company 1 Cal 3d 93 (1969) Traynor J


 * Derivative actions
 * CA 2006, ss 260-264, s 172, 239
 * Macdougall v Gardiner (1875) 1 Ch D 13
 * Pender v Lushington (1877) 6 Ch D 70
 * Quinn & Axtens v Salmon [1909] AC 442
 * Cook v Deeks [1916] 1 AC 554
 * Pavlides v Jensen [1956] Ch 565
 * Alexander Ward v Samyang [1975] 2 All ER 424
 * Clemens v Clemens Bros Ltd [1976] 2 All ER 268
 * Daniels v Daniels [1978] Ch 406
 * Prudential Assurance Co Ltd v Newman Industries Ltd (No 2) [1982] Ch 204
 * Clark v Cutland [2003] EWCA Civ 810
 * Giles v Rhind [2003] Ch 618
 * Franbar Holdings Ltd v Patel [2008] EWHC 1534 (Ch)


 * Joy v North 692 F 2d 880 (Conn 1982)


 * Just and equitable winding up
 * IA 1986, s 122(1)(g)
 * Re German Date Coffee Co (1882) 20 Ch D 169
 * Re Thomas Edward Brinsmead & Sons [1897] 1 Ch 406
 * Loch v John Blackwood Ltd [1924] AC 783
 * Re A&BC Chewing Gum [1975] 1 WLR 579
 * Re Guidezone Ltd [2000] 2 BCLC 321


 * Unfair prejudice
 * CA 2006, ss 994-996
 * Scottish Cooperative Wholesale Society v Meyer [1959] AC 324
 * Re Harmer [1958] 1 WLR 62, noted [1959] CLJ 37
 * Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York v The Rank Organisation Ltd [1985] BCLC 11
 * Re a Company [1986] BCLC 376
 * Re Blue Arrow plc [1987] BCLC 585
 * Re Sam Weller & Sons Ltd [1990] Ch 682
 * Re Elgindata [1991] BCLC 959
 * Re JE Cade & Son Ltd [1991] BCC 360
 * Re Unisoft Group Ltd (No 3) [1994] 1 BCLC 609
 * Re Tottenham Hotspur plc [1994] 1 BCLC 655
 * Re Macro (Ipswich) Ltd [1994] 2 BCLC 354
 * Re Saul D Harrison & Sons plc [1995] 1 BCLC 14
 * Quinlan v Essex Hinge Co Ltd [1996] 2 BCLC 417
 * Brownlow v G H Marshall Ltd [2000] 2 BCLC 655
 * Lloyd v Casey [2001] 1 BCLC 454
 * Rock Nominees Ltd v RCO (Holdings) plc [2004] 1 BCLC 439
 * Kung v Kou [2004] HKCU 1453
 * Strahan v Wilcox [2006] EWCA Civ 13


 * Re Abbey Leisure Ltd [1990] BCC 60

Mergers and takeovers

 * R v Panel for Takeovers and Mergers, ex parte Datafin plc [1987] QB 815
 * Rule 21, Takeover Code
 * Takeover Directive 2004/15/EC
 * Hogg v Cramphorn Ltd
 * Criterion Properties plc v Stratford (UK) Homes LLC


 * Cheff v. Mathes 199 A.2d 548 (Del. 1964)
 * Unocal Corp. v. Mesa Petroleum Co., 493 A.2d 946 (Del. 1985)
 * Unitrin, Inc. v. American General Corp., Del. Supr., 651 A.2d 1361 (1995)
 * Paramount v. Time
 * Revlon, Inc. v. MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, Inc., 506 A.2d 173 (Del. 1986)

Insolvency

 * Statute of Bankrupts Act 1542 (34 & 35 Henry VIII, c. 4) principle of pari passu
 * Kenneth Cork, Report of the Review Committee on Insolvency Law and Practice (1982) Cmnd 8558 (aka ‘the Cork Report’)
 * Insolvency Act 1986 (IA 1986) and Insolvency Rules 1986
 * Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986
 * Enterprise Act 2002


 * IA s 122(1)(f), when a winding up order may be granted
 * IA s 123(1)(e) and IA s 123(2), the cash flow and balance sheet tests of insolvency
 * Cornhill Insurance plc v Improvement Services Ltd [1986] 1 WLR 114


 * V Finch, ‘The Measures of Insolvency’ (1997) 17 OJLS 227
 * T Jackson and D Baird, ‘Corporate Reorganizations and the Treatment of Diverse Ownership Interests’ [1984] 51 University of Chicago LR 97
 * T Jackson, ‘Bankruptcy, Non-Bankruptcy Entitlement, and the Creditors’ Bargain’ (1982) 91 Yale LJ 857
 * K Gross, ‘Taking Community Interests into Account in Bankruptcy: An Essay’ (1994) 72 Washington University Law Quarterly 1031
 * E Warren, ‘Bankruptcy Policy’ (1987) 54 University of Chicago Law Review 775

Procedures

 * s 1-7 IA 1986, 75% majority of creditors can bind the whole
 * Sch A1 IA 1986, company voluntary arrangements with a moratorium


 * Sch B1, para 3(1) (purpose of administration)
 * Sch B1, para 11 (conditions for making order)
 * Re Harris Simons Construction Ltd [1989] 1 WLR 368
 * Re Charnley Davies Ltd (No 2) [1990] BCLC 760
 * Kyrris v Oldham [2004] BCC 111


 * ss 28-49 IA 1986, on administrators
 * ss 72A-72H IA 1986, on the revised position of ‘administrative receivers’
 * Re Atlantic Computer Systems (No 1) [1992] Ch 505
 * Powdrill v Watson [1995] 2 AC 394; [1995] 2 WLR 312
 * Airlines Airspares Ltd v Handley Page Ltd [1970] Ch 193
 * Downsview Nominees Ltd v First City Corporation Ltd [1993] AC 295
 * Medforth v Blake [1999] 3 WLR 922; [1999] BCC 771


 * Re Peveril Gold Mines Ltd [1898] 1 Ch 122
 * Re Rica Gold Washing Co (1879) 11 Ch D 36
 * Stonegate Securities Ltd v Gregory [1980] Ch 576
 * Mann v Goldstein [1968] 1 WLR 1091

Security

 * s 738 CA 2006
 * Levy v Abercorris Slate and Slab Co (1887) 37 Ch D 260
 * British India Steam Navigation Co v IRC (1881) 7 QBD 165
 * National Provincial Bank v Charnley [1924] 1 KB 431


 * s 860-877 CA 2006


 * Agnew v IRC (Re Brumark Investments Ltd) [2001] UKPC 28
 * Re Yorkshire Woolcombers Association Ltd [1903] 2 Ch 284
 * Illingworth v Houldsworth [1904] AC 355
 * Evans v British Granite Quarries Ltd [1910] 2 KB 979
 * Re Bond Worth [1980] 1 Ch 228


 * Re Cosslett (Contractors) Ltd [1998] Ch 495
 * Re Bank of Credit and Commerce International SA (No 8) [1998] AC 214
 * Re Castell and Brown Ltd [1898] 1 Ch 315
 * Biggerstaff v Rowatt’s Wharf Ltd [1896] 2 Ch 93 (S&W 476)
 * Re Brightlife [1987] 1 Ch 200
 * Re Woodroffes (Musical Instruments) Ltd [1986] Ch 366 (
 * N W Robbie & Co Ltd v Witney Warehouse Co Ltd [1963] 1 WLR 1324
 * George Barker Ltd v Eynon [1974] 1 WLR 462


 * Siebe Gorman & Co Ltd v Barclays Bank Ltd [1979] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 142
 * Re New Bullas Trading Ltd [1994] 1 BCLC 485
 * Re Spectrum Plus Ltd [2005] UKHL 41


 * Aluminium Industrie Vaassen BV v Romalpa Aluminium Ltd [1976] 1 WLR 676


 * ss 40, 115, 175, 386 IA 1986, incentives to provide for fixed rather than floating charges
 * Shamji v Johnson Matthey Bankers Ltd [1991] BCLC 35


 * Quistclose trust
 * Re Maxwell Communications Corp (no 2) [1994] 1 BCLC 1


 * National Insurance Corporation v Winmark Limited [2009] UKPC 8

Distribution

 * s 245 IA 1986
 * Re Parkes Garage (Swadlincote) Ltd [1929] 1 Ch 139
 * Re Yeovil Glove Co Ltd [1965] Ch 148
 * Re Shoe Lace Ltd or Power v Sharp Investments Ltd [1994] 1 BCLC 111


 * s 127 IA 1986, all transactions after winding up void unless court allows them
 * Re Gray’s Inn Construction Co Ltd [1980] 1 WLR 711


 * s 423 IA 1986 and Fraudulent Conveyances Act 1571
 * Arbuthnot Leasing International Ltd v Havelet Leasing Ltd (No 2) [1990] BCC 36


 * s 238 IA 1986, transactions at an undervalue ; and s 239 IA 1986, voidable preferences
 * Re MC Bacon Ltd [1990] BCLC 324
 * Phillips v Brewin Dolphin Bell Lawrie Ltd [2001] UKHL 2; [2001] 1 BCLC 145
 * National Westminster Bank plc v Jones [2001] EWCA Civ 1541; [2002] 1 BCLC 55
 * Re Agriplant Services Ltd [1997] 2 BCLC 598 (Wiki)
 * Re Exchange Travel (Holdings) Ltd [1996] 2 BCLC 524


 * s 212 IA 1986, misfeasance
 * Re Anglo-Austrian Printing & Publishing Union [1985] 2 Ch 891 (S&W 666, 674)
 * Re Oasis Merchandising Services Ltd [1995] 2 BCLC 493 (S&W 666, 674)


 * s 213 IA 1986, fraudulent trading
 * Morphites v Bernasconi [2002] EWCA Civ 289, [2003] 2 WLR 1521
 * Re Patrick & Lyon Ltd [1933] Ch 786
 * Re Gerald Cooper Chemicals Ltd [1978] Ch 262


 * s 214 IA 1986, wrongful trading
 * Re Produce Marketing Consortium Ltd (No 2) [1989] BCLC 520 (S&W 671)
 * Re Purpoint Ltd [1991] BCC 121 (S&W 674)
 * Re Cubelock Ltd [2001] BCC 523
 * Re Brian D Pierson (Contractors) Ltd [2001] 1 BCLC 275
 * Re Continental Assurance Co of London plc (Singer v Beckett) [2007] 2 BCLC 287


 * ss 115, 156 IA 1986
 * Re Leyland Daf Ltd (Buchler v Talbot) [2004] UKHL 9; [2002] EWCA Civ 228
 * Re Toshoku Finance UK plc (Kahn v IRC) [2002] 1 BCLC 598
 * Re Floor Fourteen Ltd, or Lewis v IRC [2001] 2 BCLC 392


 * s 175, 386 and Sch 6 IA 1986
 * IA 1986 s 176A and SI 2003/2097
 * Soden v British and Commonwealth Holdings plc [1998] AC 298