Morgan Crucible Company Plc v Hill Samuel Bank Ltd and Others

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date19 October 1990
Date19 October 1990
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
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  • Standard Chartered Bank and Another v Coopers & Lybrand (sued as a firm)
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 15 Septiembre 1993
    ...[1963] 2 All ER 575 (refd) M'Alister (or Donoghue) (Pauper) v Stevenson [1932] AC 562 (refd) Morgan Crucible Co plc v Hill Samuel Bank [1991] Ch 295 (distd) Companies Act (Cap 50) ss 140, 207 (1) Companies Act (Cap 185, 1979 Reprint) s 174 Peter Goldsmith QC with Lee Han Tiong (Lee & Lee) f......
  • Galoo Ltd and Others v Bright Grahame Murray
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 21 Diciembre 1994
    ...two major decisions are those of the House of Lords in Caparo Industries Plc v Dickman (1990) 2 AC 605 and of this Court in Morgan Crucible Co v Hill Samuel & Co (1991) Ch 93In Caparo Industries the Plaintiffs, who already owned some shares in another company, Fidelity Plc, bought further......
  • Citco Global Custody NV Appellant/Claimant v Y2K Finance Inc. Respondent/Defendant
    • British Virgin Islands
    • Court of Appeal (British Virgin Islands)
    • 19 Octubre 2009
    ...on the claim was not an option in considering the respondent's application to strike out the amended statement of claim. Morgan Crucible Co. plc v Hill Samuel & Co. Ltd [1991] Ch 295; Swain v Hilman and another [2001] 1 All E.R. 91 followed. 2. That the judge erroneously concluded that th......
  • United Kingdom (Her Majesty's Commissioners of Customs and Excise) v. Barclays Bank plc, (2006) 360 N.R. 218 (HL)
    • Canada
    • 21 Junio 2006
    ...[paras. 29, 58]. Donoghue v. Stevenson, [1932] A.C. 562 (H.L.), refd to. [paras. 31, 69]. Morgan Crucible Co. v. Hill Samuel & Co., [1991] Ch. 295; [1991] 1 All E.R. 453 (C.A.), refd to. [para. Stovin et al. v. Norfolk County Council, [1996] A.C. 923; 202 N.R. 290 (H.L.), refd to. [para......
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  • THE PROMISE OF UNIVERSALITY
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2013, December 2013
    • 1 Diciembre 2013
    ...2 AC 59 at 106A, per Lord Clyde). 246Tan Juay Pah v Kimly Construction Pte Ltd[2012] 2 SLR 549 at [85]–[87]. 247[1981] QB 625. 248[1991] Ch 295. 249Contra Jane Stapleton, “Comparative Economic Loss: Lessons from Case-law focused ‘Middle Theory’” (2002) 50 UCLA Law Review 531 at 542; Jane St......
  • THE RATIONALISATION OF DIRECTORS’ DUTIES IN SINGAPORE
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2005, December 2005
    • 1 Diciembre 2005
    ...non-shareholders who were potential bidders even if the company were susceptible to a takeover due to the state of its accounts. 136 [1991] 1 All ER 148. 137 (1992) 29 NSWLR 141. CfEsanda Finance Corporation Ltd v Peat Marwick Hungerfords(1994) 61 SASR 424. 138 See egBarings plc v Coopers &......
  • Waiting for Enron: The Unstable Equilibrium of Auditor Independence Regulation
    • United Kingdom
    • Journal of Law and Society No. 33-3, September 2006
    • 1 Septiembre 2006
    ...Reeman v. Department of Transport [1997] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 648, per Lord Bingham,685.69 Morgan Crucible Co. Plc v. Hill Samuel & Co. Ltd [1991] Ch. 295.70 On an irrational deterrent effect, see text to nn. 83±88 below.ß2006 The Author. Journal Compilation ß2006 Cardiff University Law many inst......
  • Standard Form Building Contracts and Duty of Care
    • United Kingdom
    • The Modern Law Review No. 62-5, September 1999
    • 1 Septiembre 1999
    ...1251.38 See eg McNaughton (James) Paper Group Ltd vHicks Anderson & Co [1991] 2 QB 113; MorganCrucible Co plc vHill Samuel & Co Ltd [1991] Ch 295; Punjab National Bank vde Boinville [1992]3 All ER 104; West Wiltshire District Council vGarland [1993] 4 All ER 246.39 The three-stage test has ......
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