Astor Chemical v Synthetic Technology

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1990
CourtChancery Division
    • This document is available in original version only for vLex customers

      View this document and try vLex for 7 days
    • TRY VLEX
10 cases
  • Moylist Construction Ltd v Doheny and Others
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 21 April 2010
    ...v DRONSFIELD BROS LTD 1987 BCLC 321 ARDMORE STUDIOS (IRL) LTD v LYNCH & ORS 1965 IR 1 ASTOR CHEMICALS LTD v SYNTHETIC TECHNOLOGY LTD 1990 BCLC 1 1990 BCC 97 BUCKLEY & ORS BUCKLEY ON THE COMPANIES ACTS 14ED 1981 LIGHTMAN & MOSS THE LAW OF RECEIVERS OF COMPANIES 1ED 1986 81 MACJORDAN CONSTRU......
  • Moylist Construction Ltd v Doheny
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 4 March 2016
    ...judgment) cited the judgment of Vinelott J. in the High Court of England and Wales in Astor Chemical Ltd. v. Synthetic Technology Ltd. [1990] B.C.L.C. 1 as authority for the approval of the analysis to be found in Lightman and Moss, The Law of Receivers of Companies (1986) at p.81. It is no......
  • Paul John Clark And David Ohn Whitehouse Joint Administrators Of Rangers Football Club Plc For Directions
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Session
    • 23 March 2012
    ...have not found anything which contradicts my view other than a statement of Vinelott J in Astor Chemicals Ltd v Synthetic Technology Ltd [1990] BCLC 1. In that case at p. 12a-b he stated that there was not an analogy between the position of a receiver and an administrator because: "[t]he ad......
  • Re Lehman Brothers International (Europe) ((in Administration)) (No 8); Lomas and Others v Burlington Loan Management Ltd and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 5 October 2016
    ...permit the inference of an intention to repudiate or inevitable non-performance by the debtor or its representatives (see Astor Chemicals Ltd v Synthetic Technology Ltd [1990] BCC 97; Re P&C v R&T (Stockport) Ltd [1991] BCC 98; Re Olympia and York Canary Wharf Ltd (No 2) [1993] BCC 159; R......
  • Request a trial to view additional results
2 books & journal articles
  • PERSONAL LIABILITY OF JUDICIAL MANAGERS AND RECEIVERS UNDER THE COMPANIES ACT
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 1996, December 1996
    • 1 December 1996
    ...the making of a judicial management order shall constitute adoption of a contract. 12 Astor Chemicals Ltd v Synthetic Technology Ltd [1990] BCLC 1. Note that unlike a liquidator, a judicial manager has no statutory right to disclaim a contract. There may be situations where a judicial manag......
  • AREAS OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE JUDICIAL MANAGEMENT MORATORIUM
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 1993, December 1993
    • 1 December 1993
    ...statute is the Copyright Act (Cap. 63). For further study on this area, see George Wei, The Law of Copyright in Singapore (1989). 17. [1990] BCLC 1 (Chancery). 18. Ibid, p 8—11. It was however stated that in certain situations, the receiver is prohibited from disregarding contracts, see p 1......

VLEX uses login cookies to provide you with a better browsing experience. If you click on 'Accept' or continue browsing this site we consider that you accept our cookie policy. ACCEPT