Re Greenhaven Motors

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1999
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
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42 cases
  • Re ICP Strategic
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 4 April 2014
    ...Ch. 80; [1995] 2 W.L.R. 70; [1994] 4 All E.R. 417; [1994] 2 BCLC 782; [1995] BCC 760, considered. (4) Greenhaven Motors Ltd., Re, [1999] 1 BCLC 635; [1999] BCC 463, applied. (5) Guy v. ChurchillELR(1888), 40 Ch. D. 481, referred to. (6) Latoya v. Att. Gen., C.A., February 14th, 2012, unrepo......
  • Lehman Brothers International (Europe) ((in Administration))
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 27 July 2018
    ...entitled to be consulted, and their wishes are relevant to the decision of the office-holder or the Court (as the case may be): see Re Greenhaven Motors [1999] BCC 463 at 643. (3) The Subordinated Creditor is under an obligation to keep the relevant material confidential, and not to use it......
  • Re Longmeade Ltd ((in Liquidation))
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 25 February 2016
    ...authority in relation to the approach of the court to granting sanction for the exercise of powers under the old regime was Re Greenhaven Motors Ltd (in liquidation) [1999] 1 BCLC 635. In Greenhaven Motors, Chadwick LJ held, at pages 642h–643c: "The decision whether or not to sanction the e......
  • SISU Capital Fund Ltd v Tucker
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 9 September 2005
    ...liquidator, the Court must consider how the interests of creditors will be best served. As Chadwick LJ said in Re Greenhaven Motors Ltd [1999] 1 BCLC 635 at 643d-e: “In deciding whether or not to sanction a proposed compromise the court must consider whether the interests of those, whether ......
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3 firm's commentaries
  • Sanction Applications: Balancing The Views Of Office Holders And Creditors
    • Cayman Islands
    • Mondaq Cayman Islands
    • 22 June 2020
    ...or not to grant sanction as set out in the well-established English and Cayman Islands authorities, including Re Greenhaven Motors Ltd [1999] 1 BCLC 635, Edennote Ltd (No 2) [1992] 2 BCLC 89 and In re DD Growth Premium 2X Fund 2013 (2) CILR 361. McMillan J also emphasised that this was not ......
  • Litigation Funding In British Virgin Islands Liquidations: Practical Guidance For Liquidators
    • British Virgin Islands
    • Mondaq Virgin Islands
    • 8 June 2023
    ...before exercising a power, the decision to exercise that power is effectively surrendered to the court (see Greenhaven Motors Limited [1999] BCC 463 and Phoenix Group Foundation v Jackson (BVIHCMAP 2020/0019; 17 November 2020)). Accordingly, and as a matter of practice, the decision to purs......
  • Re PAC Limited (In Official Liquidation): How To Empower Cayman Liquidation Committees
    • Cayman Islands
    • Mondaq Cayman Islands
    • 4 January 2016
    ...counsel here, then the settlement agreement would have been sanctioned against the strongly felt wishes of the committee. Footnotes 1 [1999] BCLC 635 2 [1997] 2 BCLC 89 The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be soug......
1 books & journal articles
  • Mediation and Appropriate Dispute Resolution
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2020, December 2020
    • 1 December 2020
    ...Act 1986 (c 45) s 167(1)(a), read with Part I of Schedule 4; Re Edennote Ltd (No 2) [1997] 2 BCLC 89 at 92; Re Greenhaven Motors Ltd [1999] BCLC 635 at 642. 161 See s 477(1)(d) read with ss 477(2A) and 477(2B) of the Australian Corporations Act 2001 (Cth); Re Sheahan [2018] FCA 1499 at [16]......

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