Re G.K.N. Bolts & Nuts Ltd (Automotive Division) Birmingham Works Sports and Social Club

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1982
Year1982
CourtChancery Division
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  • Practice Direction (Crown Office List: Uncontested Proceedings)
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • Invalid date
    ...[QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION] ... PRACTICE DIRECTION (CROWN OFFICE LIST: ... ...
  • Dr Mohammad Emranul Haque v Mr Musleh Faradhi (sued on behalf of himself and all other Members of the Muslim Community Association)
    • United Kingdom
    • King's Bench Division
    • 12 May 2023
    ...about proposals to sell the club's bowling green. The trial judge, relying on the judgment of Megarry V-C in GKN Bolts and Nuts Ltd [1982] 1 WLR 774, had found that there had been a failure to comply strictly with the club's rules on holding elections but that such failure did not invalida......
  • John Dunne and Others v Oliver Mahon and Another
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 8 April 2014
    ...that the rules of a club should not be approached with the same degree of rigour. In In re GKN Bolts & Nuts Ltd Sports and Social Club [1982] 1 W.L.R. 774 at p. 776, Megarry V.-C. observed: "In such cases, the court usually has to take a broad sword to the problems, and eschew an unduly met......
  • Singapore Island Country Club v Hilborne
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 28 March 1996
    ...It is what the principle of construction contra proferentum would lead one to adopt. And it is what Megarry V-C in Re GKN Sports Club [1982] WLR 774 at p 776 enjoins one to do. He said: As is common in club cases, there are many obscurities and uncertainties, and some difficulty in the law.......
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  • Case Note: NATURAL JUSTICE: A CASE FOR UNIFORM RIGOUR
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2008, December 2008
    • 1 December 2008
    ...Benevolent Assn of Canada2007 CarswellBC 1274 at [39]. 39 In this connection, see also Re GKN Bolts and Nuts Ltd Sports and Social Club[1982] 1 WLR 774 at 776 where Megarry VC remarked that in club cases, the court usually has to adopt a “broad sword” approach in examining the club’s rules ......

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