Re Charnley Davies Ltd (No.2)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtChancery Division
Judgment Date25 May 1990
Date25 May 1990

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  • The Appleby 2012 Offshore Round-Up: Company Law
    • Bermuda
    • Mondaq Bermuda
    • 8 February 2013
    ...of duty or other misconduct which were actionable by the company. The Court referred to the case of Re Charnley Davis Ltd. (No.2) [1990] BCC 605 in which Millet J made clear that if the complaint centred on unlawfulness of the acts/omissions, the proper remedy was that for the misconduct. I......
6 books & journal articles
  • SOME CURRENT ISSUES IN SINGAPORE CORPORATE LAW
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2019, January - December 2019
    • 1 December 2019
    ...Peng Boon v Low Janie [1999] 1 SLR(R) 337 which were referred to in Ng Kek Wee v Sim City Technology Ltd [2014] 4 SLR 723 at [63]. 149 [1990] BCLC 760. 150 The court also cited the Canadian decision of Pappas v Acan Windows Inc (1991) 2 BLR (2d) 180 as a case that adopted a similar approach......
  • DUTIES OF A MORTGAGEE AND A RECEIVER: WHERE SINGAPORE SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT FOLLOW ENGLISH LAW
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2008, December 2008
    • 1 December 2008
    ...(Thomson Sweet & Maxwell, London, 4th Ed, 2007) at [10-039]. 160 Eg, Re Keypak Homecare Ltd[1987] BCLC 409; Re Charnley Davies Ltd (No 2)[1990] BCLC 760. See Vanessa Finch, “Corporate Insolvency Law: Perspectives and Principles” (Cambridge: CUP, 2002) at p 266....
  • No reflective loss: The English approach reconsidered
    • South Africa
    • Juta Journal of Corporate Commercial Law & Practice No. , April 2021
    • 31 March 2021
    ...Clark op cit note 193 at 322.214 Farrar op cit note 8 at 474; See also Clark op cit note 193 at 322.215 Re Charnley v Davies Ltd (No. 2) 1990 BCLC 760 per Millett J: ‘the same set of facts may give rise to a complaint both of breach of duty owed to the company which is prosecuted by the com......
  • THE SHAREHOLDER'S PERSONAL CLAIM
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2011, December 2011
    • 1 December 2011
    ...Companies Act 2006 (c 46) (UK) s 994; Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Australia) s 232; Companies Ordinance (Cap 32) (Hong Kong) s 168A. 87[1990] BCLC 760. See also Re Chime Corp Ltd(2004) 7 HKCFAR 546 and Waddington Ltd v Chan[2008] HKEC 1498; [2009] 2 BCLC 82. 88Re Charnley Davies Ltd (No 2)......
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