Re Grayan Building Services Ltd
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Civil Division) |
| Judgment Date | 10 November 1994 |
| Date | 10 November 1994 |
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Pro Sieben Media A.G. v Carlton U.K. Television Ltd
...a number of factors. In such a case the correct approach for an appellate tribunal was described as follows by Hoffmann LJ in Re Grayan Building Services 1995 Ch 241, 254 (the case was not cited in argument but it is well known), "The judge is deciding a question of mixed fact and law in th......
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Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Hollier
...the company has fallen below the standards of probity and competence appropriate for persons fit to be directors of companies: Re Grayan Building Services Ltd [1995] Ch. 241, 253 (Hoffman LJ). 53 So far as incompetence is concerned, a high level of incompetence is required to satisfy s.6 of......
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The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills v Christopher Jordan Carlson
...start of this section of my judgment, one exposition of the test to be applied under that section is to be found in the case of Re Grayan Building Services Ltd [1995] Ch 241, in which Hoffmann LJ said at p.253E that: "The court is concerned solely with the conduct specified by the Secretary......
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Leave to Act as a Company Director Following Disqualification: Re Barings plc
...CA. (7) R v Goodman [1993] 2 All ER 789, [1994] 1 BCLC 349, [1992] BCC 625, CA. (8) CDDA, ss. 13-15. (9) Re Grayan Building Services Ltd [1995] Ch 241, [1995] 1 BCLC 276, [1995] BCC 554. (10) Re Lo-Line Electric Motors Ltd [1988] Ch 477, [1988] 3 WLR 26, [1988] 2 All ER 692, [1988] BCLC 698......
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What Makes a Director Fit? An Analysis of the Workings of Section 17 of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986
...conduct] has fallen below the standards of probity and competence appropriate for persons fit to be directors of companies”.2121[1995] Ch 241 at 253 per Hoffmann There have been various attempts to define the incompetence required for a director to be unfit. These were referred to by Parker......
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APPEALS FROM DISCRETIONS, SATISFACTIONS AND VALUE JUDGMENTS: REVIEWING THE HOUSE RULES.
...(184) Cashman (n 179) 499. (185) See, eg, Austin, Nichols (n 171) 151 [16]. (186) Hoffmann LJ in Re Crayan Building Services Ltd (in liq) [1995] Ch 241, 254 said that the difficulty of identifying error for the purposes of allowing the appeal will vary, including by reference to the precisi......