Re Equitable Life Assurance Society

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date2002
Neutral Citation[2002] EWHC 140 (Ch)
Date2002
Year2002
CourtChancery Division
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42 cases
  • Re British Aviation Insurance Company Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 21 Julio 2005
    ...whether the result of the vote could have been affected by collateral factors affecting some members of the class (see Re Equitable Life Assurance Society [2002] BCC 319, at 337 and 344). Consequently, the size of the turnout must be viewed in the context of Mr Sheldon's submissions about s......
  • Scottish Equitable Plc and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 15 Junio 2017
    ...There is nothing I can usefully add to what he says there, including his reliance on the decision of Mr Justice Lloyd in Re Equitable Life Assurance Society [2002] 2 BCLC 510. I wholly agree with his conclusion, and, even if I had some doubt about it, which I do not, I should follow 47 Of ......
  • Re SPhinX Group
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 21 Diciembre 2012
    ...498, distinguished. (4) English, Scottish & Australian Chartered Bank, In re, [1893] 3 Ch. 385, followed. (5) Equitable Life Assur., Re, [2002] BCC 319; [2002] 2 BCLC 510; [2001] BPIR 172; [2002] EWHC 140 (Ch), followed. (6) Jessel Trust Ltd., Re, [1985] BCLC 119, followed. (7) Kapoor v. Na......
  • The Companies Law (2013 Revision) the Sphinx Group of Companies in Official Liquidation)
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 10 Junio 2014
    ...acting in respect of his interest might reasonably approve: see Re National Bank Limited [1966] 1 All ER 1006 at p. 1012 and Re Equitable Life Assurance Society [2002] BCC 319 at para 67 followed and applied in RE Telewest (above) — dictum already considered and approved in In Re SPhinX 201......
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1 firm's commentaries
  • Jersey Schemes Of Arrangement: Is It Now Time To Decapitate The Headcount Test?
    • Jersey
    • Mondaq Jersey
    • 2 Diciembre 2019
    ...schemes in Jersey and elsewhere and follows the well-established authority in the English decision of Re Equitable Life Assurance Society [2002] BCC 319, although the specific fact pattern made its application particularly The Royal Court has previously approved an alternative approach to t......
2 books & journal articles
  • Table of Cases
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill Law of Insolvent Partnerships and Limited Liability Partnerships Contents
    • 29 Agosto 2015
    ...1 BCLC 575 269 English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank, Re [1893] 3 Ch 385 33, 37, 83 Equitable Life Assurance Society, Re [2002] EWHC 140 (Ch), [2002] 2 BCLC 510 27, 31, 32 Exeter City Council v Bairstow, Re Trident Fashions plc [2007] EWHC 400(Ch), [2007] BCC 236 169 F & C Alterna......
  • Schemes of arrangement
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill Law of Insolvent Partnerships and Limited Liability Partnerships Contents
    • 29 Agosto 2015
    ...as syndicated bond holders, who cannot be reached by means of circulars. In the Re Telewest 27 Re Equitable Life Assurance Society [2002] EWHC 140 (Ch), [2002] 2 BCLC 510 at 541. 28 Re Equitable Life Assurance Society [2002] EWHC 140 (Ch), [2002] 2 BCLC 510 at 541. 29 Re Cape plc and Others......

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