Re Astec (BSR) Plc
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 1998 |
| Date | 1998 |
| Court | Chancery Division |
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94 cases
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Re Ansbacher (Cayman) Ltd
...Ansbacher client; S. Hall-Jones, Senior Crown Counsel, for the Attorney General as amicus curiae. Cases cited: (1) Astec (BSR) PLC, Re, [1998] 2 BCLC 556; [1999] BCC 59, distinguished. (2) Att. Gen. v. Bank of Nova Scotia, 1984–85 CILR 418, not followed. (3) Bank of Credit & Commerce Intl. ......
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Mr Peter Eckerle and Others v Wickeder Westfalenstahl GmbH and Another
...have been raised by expressions subsequently used in communications. I would apply the principle summarised by Jonathan Parker J in Re Astec (BSR) Plc [1999] BCC 59 at p87:- "The concept of "legitimate expectation"… can have no place in the context of public listed companies…. Its introduct......
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O'Neill v Phillips
...and unfamiliar approach could only cause uncertainty. So I agree with Jonathan Parker J. when he said in In re Astec (B.S.R.) Plc. [1998] 2 B.C.L.C. 556, 588: "in order to give rise to an equitable constraint based on 'legitimate expectation' what is required is a personal relationship or ......
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Eng Gee Seng v Quek Choon Teck and Others
...an agreed object. It then quoted Lord Hoffmann in O’Neill (at 1101), who in turn relied on Parker J’s judgment in Re Astec (BSR) plc [1998] 2 BCLC 556 at [In] order to give rise to an equitable constraint based on ‘legitimate expectation’ what is required is a personal relationship or perso......
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6 books & journal articles
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Shareholders: Majority Rule and Minority Rights under Bermuda Company Law
...Holdings and ors v Annuity & Life Reassurance Ltd [2017] Bda LR 31, para 92. 102 Re Blue Arrow Plc [1987] BCLC 585; Re Astec (BSR) Plc [1998] 2 BCLC 556. 103 E Boros, Minority Shareholder Remedies (Oxford University Press, 1995), pp 138–139. 104 Re Kingboard Chemicals Holdings Ltd and ors [......
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Table of Cases
...21.32, 23.66 Asghar v Legal Services Commission [2004] EWHC 1803 (Ch), [2004] All ER (D) 416 (Jul), ChD 16.60 Astec (BSR) Plc, Re [1998] 2 BCLC 556, [1999] BCC 59, ChD 8.91 Atlantic Star, The, Atlantic Star (Owners) v Bona Spes (Owners) [1974] AC 436, [1973] 2 WLR 795, [1973] 2 All ER 175, ......
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS
...00314 of 1989) [1991] BCLC 154. 25 Re Blue Arrow plc [1987] BCLC 585; Re Tottenham Hotspur plc[1994] 1 BCLC 655. 26 Re Astec (BSR) plc [1998] 2 BCLC 556, 589, where the court also expressed the view that the concept of legitimate expectations should have no place in the context of public li......
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Caldwell Recklessness is Dead, Long Live Mens Rea's Fecklessness
...is nothing within the legislation to prevent Arden LJ’s3Wallersteiner vMoir (No 2) [1975] QB 373.4n2above,at[35].5ReAstec (BSR) plc [1998]2 BCLC 556 and see J.Payne, ‘Section 459 and Public Companies’ (1999)115 LQR 368.6SeeegRe CharnleyDavies Ltd (No 2)[1990] BC LC 760, 784 per Millett J.Th......
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