Union Eagle Ltd v Golden Achievement Ltd (1997)
Judgment Date: 03 Feb 97
Summary Applying Carecraft procedure in company directors disqualification order applications. Facts Application by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry against Dayan and Banarse and Pratep Singh Banarse for orders under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986. Held The procedure in Re Carecraft Construction Co Ltd (1994) 1 WLR 172 lost its point...
Summary Court direction on release of funds to the Luxembourg liquidators of the Bank of Credit and Commerce ('BCCI') for distribution to creditors and the court's refusal to disapply Insolvency Act 1986 set-off rules. Facts Application by the English liquidators of Bank of Credit and Commerce International SA ('BCCI') for directions...
Summary Where an application for a director's disqualification order was made and the Carecraft procedure employed, no finding of dishonesty could be made by the Court unless such a finding was undisputed and agreed by the parties in their agreed statement of facts. Facts Appeal by a disqualified director against...
Summary Claim for misrepresentation which induced the three plaintiff companies to continue with the construction and maintenance of the Howard Shopping Centre. Facts Claim in deceit by the plaintiffs, against Welwyn Hatfield District Council (WHDC), 1st defendant for damages which began in the Crown Office as an application for judicial...
Summary The court was entitled to intervene where a valuer of shares had made a mistake in calculating share values. The issue was essentially a matter of contract, and turned on what the parties had agreed to remit to the valuer. Facts This appeal concerned shares in two family companies...