Poole v National Bank of China Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1907
CourtHouse of Lords
Year1907
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25 cases
  • Westburn Sugar Refineries
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • April 5, 1951
    ...principles are affirmed in the following cases:— British and American Trustee and Finance Corporation v. Couper [1894] A.C. 399; Poole v. National Bank of China [1907] A.C. 229; Caldwell and Company v. Caldwell 1916 S.C. (H.I.) 120; and Thomas de la Rue [1911] 2 Ch. 361. 4 To come to the pr......
  • Re ChinaCom
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • June 16, 2009
    ...to. (14) PDG Aurora LLC, In re, Grand Ct., January 6th, 2006, unreported, not followed. (15) Poole v. National Bank of China Ltd., [1907] A.C. 229; (1907), 76 L.J. Ch. 458; 14 Mans. 218; [1904–7] All E.R. Rep. 138; 96 L.T. 889; 23 T.L.R. 567, dicta of Lord Loreburn, L.C. followed. (16) Rans......
  • Scottish Insurance Corporation v Wilsons and Clyde Coal Company
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • May 6, 1949
    ...and American Trustee and Finance Corporation v. CouperELR, [1894] A. C. 399, at p. 406; Poole v. National Bank of China, LimitedELR, [1907] A. C. 229. 7 Reference was made to In re Mackenzie & Co., [1916] 2 Ch. 450; Bannatyne v. Direct Spanish Telegraph Co.ELR, (1886) 34 Ch. D. 287; In re B......
  • Sammel and Others v President Brand Gold Mining Co Ltd
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...on the Companies Act, 2nd ed., pp. 107 - 108, and the authorities there cited, especially Poole v National Bank of China Ltd., 1907 A.C. 229, at pp. 237 - 238; Ex parte National Industrial Credit Corporation Ltd., 1950 (2) SA at p. 12. Cf. Palmer Company Law, 21st ed., p. 275, note 2, and t......
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3 books & journal articles
  • REFORMING CAPITAL MAINTENANCE LAW: THE COMPANIES (AMENDMENT) ACT 2005
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2007, December 2007
    • December 1, 2007
    ...Jupiter House Investments (Cambridge) Ltd[1985] 1 WLR 975, 978 (the observations of Lord Macnaghten in Poole v National Bank of China Ltd[1907] AC 229, 238-240, do not represent the law as practiced in this court); Re Grosvenor Press Plc[1985] 1 WLR 980, 983 (“settled general practice as to......
  • An Appraisal of the Modification of the Director’s Duty of Care and Skill
    • South Africa
    • Juta South Africa Mercantile Law Journal No. , May 2019
    • May 25, 2019
    ...note152 at 397.154Botha & Jooste op cit note 119 at 76; Kennedy-Good & Coetzee op cit note 130 at 292.1551951 (2) SA 401 (A) at 414.156[1907] AC 229 at 236.MODIFICATION OF THE DIRECTOR’S DUTY OF CARE AND SKILL 531© Juta and Company (Pty) 6 Conclusion: Is All of this Necessary in SouthAfrica......
  • Some comments on the application of the Securities Regulation Code on Takeovers and Mergers
    • South Africa
    • Juta South Africa Mercantile Law Journal No. , May 2019
    • May 25, 2019
    ...note 183 at 683. 185 See Ex parte Vlakfontein Gold Mining supra note 166 at 183. See also Poole & Others v National Bank of China Limited [1907] AC 229 (HL) at 239; Carruth v Imperial Chemical Industries Limited [1937] AC 707 (HL) at 771; Scottish Insurance Corporation v Wilsons supra note ......

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