Re Claridge's Patent Asphalte Company
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Year | 1921 |
| Date | 1921 |
| Court | Chancery Division |
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7 cases
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Henry George Dickinson v Nal Realisations (Staffordshire) Ltd
...as it is to extend to “negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust”, section 1157 is broad in its scope; ii) In Re Claridge's Patent Asphalte Co Ltd [1921] 1 Ch 543, section 279 of the Companies (Consolidation) Act 1908 was held to apply in relation to an ultra vires transaction......
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HM Revenue and Customs v Holland; Re Paycheck Services 3 Ltd
...might well render conduct which would otherwise be unreasonable as reasonable —see eg. Re Claridges Patent Asphalt Company Limited [1921] 1 Ch 543, cf. Loquitur (supra) 488 224 The headnote to Loquitur suggests that the case decides that there is no jurisdiction to grant relief under Secti......
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Commissioners of Customs and Excise v Hedon Alpha Ltd
...of the language of the section's predecessor, s.279 of the Companies (Consolidation) Act 1908, "perfectly wide and general": Re Claridge's Patent Asphalte Company 1921 1 Ch.543, 548. Proceedings to which the section applies are not restricted to proceedings in respect of a director's neglig......
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Long Say Ting Daniel v Merukh Nunik Elizabeth
...restrictions in the articles of association. An example of this kind of liability may be found in Re Claridge's Patent Asphalte Co Ltd [1921] 1 Ch 543, where Astbury J used the statutory exoneration provision to relieve the director from liability. 41 As such relief operated (and continues ......
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4 books & journal articles
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The Continuing Value of Relief for Directors' Breach of Duty
...take advice may result in relief being denied: see Re Duomatic Ltd,n38above; and Coleman Taymar Ltd vOakes n 15 above, 768, para 73.98 [1921] 1 Ch 543.The Continuing Value of Relief for Directors’ Breach of DutyMarch 2003]213rThe Modern Law Review Limited and apart from the effect of the wa......
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Bibliografie
...Oil Co 365 P 2d 925 (NM 1961) Re Birbeck Permanent Benefit Building Society [1912] 2 Ch 183 Re Claridge’s Patent Asphalte Co Ltd [1921] 1 Ch 543 Re Empress Engineering Co 1880 16 ChD 125 Re English and Colonial Produce Co Ltd 1906 2 Ch 435 CARe Halt Garage (1964) Ltd [1982] 3 All ER 1016Re......
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Analyses: Implications of the re-enacted discretionary power to grant judicial relief to directors in section 77(9) of the Companies Act 2008
...et al Commentary on The Companies Act vol 2(Kluwer Law International 2002) at 8–362; see also Re Claridge’s PatentAsphalte Co Ltd [1921] 1 Ch 543 at 548).III OVERLAP OF STATUTORY AND COMMON LAWDUTIESPrior to 1 May 2011, when the 2008 Act came into force, the fiduciaryduties of directors — ......
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AN ISSUE OF ABSOLUTION - SECTION 391 OF THE COMPANIES ACT
...also Re Windsor Steam Coal Co (1901)[1929] 1 Ch 151, 164; Re Rosenthal[1972] 1 WLR 1273, 1278. 72 In Re Claridge’s Patent Asphalte Co Ltd[1921] 1 Ch 543, Astbury J applied the relieving section and granted a paid director relief from liability for breach of trust. 73 [1905] AC 373, 382. 74 ......