Patrick McKillen (Petitioner) v Misland (Cyprus) Investments Ltd (A Company Registered in Cyprus) and Others

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeMr Justice David Richards,THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE DAVID RICHARDS
Judgment Date10 August 2012
Neutral Citation[2012] EWHC 2343 (Ch)
CourtChancery Division
Docket NumberCase No: 8690 of 2011
Date10 August 2012

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    ...LJ in Bristol & West Building Society v Mothew (t/a Stapley & Co) [1998] Ch. 1 CA (Civ. Div.) at 18. Prejudice 381 In Re Coroin [2012] EWHC 2343 (Ch) David Richards J (as he then was) provided the following summary of the types of prejudice which may be relevant in the context of an......
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    ...of a company’ are extremely wide and should be construed liberally.” Likewise, in Re Coroin Ltd, in his Judgment at first instance at [2012] EWHC 2343, David Richards J (as he then was) said “[t]he Court will not adopt a technical or legalistic approach to what constitutes the affairs of th......
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  • A RULE-BASED METHOD FOR COMPARING CORPORATE LAWS.
    • United States
    • Notre Dame Law Review Vol. 94 No. 1, November 2018
    • 1 November 2018
    ...(Ch) 2692 (Eng.); Brumder v. Motornet Serv. & Repairs Ltd. [2013] EWCA (Civ) 195, (Eng.); McKillen v. Misland (Cyprus) Invs. Ltd. [2012] EWHC (Ch) 2343 (Eng.); Odyssey Entm't Ltd. (In Liquidation) v. Kamp [2012] EWHC (Ch) 2316 (Eng.); Whessoe Oil and Gas Ltd. v. Dale [2012] EWHC (TCC) 1......
  • An Assessment of the Effectiveness of the Unfair Prejudice Remedy in UK Company Law: How can we Guarantee Appropriate Judicial Discretion?
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    • 1 October 2022
    ...Law, Practice, and Procedure (6th edn, Oxford University Press 2018), ch 6, 330. 87 McKillen v Misland (Cyprus) Investments Ltd [2012] EWHC 2343 (Ch), [630], [2013] 2 BCLC 88 ibid. 89 Quinlan v Essex Hinge Co Ltd [1996] 2 BCLC 417. 90 ibid. 91 Law Commission, (n 1) para 9.20. 92 AO Nwafor, ......