Re Hawkes Hill Publishing Company Ltd (in liq.) Ward v Perks
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Year | 2007 |
| Date | 2007 |
| Court | County Court |
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Stuart Mackellar (as liquidator of Smart Plus International (Holdings) Ltd Appellant v [1] Khoo Kin Yong (aka "Alice") [2] Pengiran Hajid Mohd Ayub [3] The Authorised Legal Representative Appointed in the Estate of Pengiran Anak Hajah Damit (Deceased) Respondents
...relief under section 256 of the Insolvency Act, 2003. Malcolm Cohen et al v Gerald Selby et al [2002] BCC 82 applied; Re Hawkes Hill Publishing Co Ltd (in liq) [2007] BCC 937 applied; Re Produce Marketing Consortium Ltd (1989) 5 BCC 569 distinguished. Baptiste JA 1 This is a judgment of ......
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Brian William Milne, Liquidator Of Premier Housewares (scotland) Llp Against Naeem Rashid
...insolvent liquidation depends on rational expectations of what the future might hold: Re Hawkes Hill Publishing Co Ltd (In Liquidation) [2007] BCC 937. Liability has been held to attach where the person has been held to have no rational basis for believing that the event they hoped would sa......
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Stephen Paul Grant and Another v William Ralph Ralls and Others
...by (for example) selling an asset or raising external finance on the security of their assets. 169 In Hawkes Hill Publishing Co. Limited [2007] BCC 937 at para 28, Lewison J made the point very clearly, "It is important at the outset to be clear about the relevant question. The question is......
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Re Oxford Pharmaceuticals Ltd sub nom Wilson and another v Masters International Ltd and another
... ... International AVV (“Curaderm”), a company incorporated in the Netherlands Antilles, known ... the analysis of Lewison J in Re Hawkes Hill Publishing Company Limited [2007] BPIR ... ...
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The Position Of UK Directors During The COVID-19 Pandemic
...as a result, and the courts are mindful that it is unhelpful to rely too much on hindsight (see In re Hawkes Hill Publishing Co [2007] BCC 937 per Lewison J. at paras 28 and 47). The typical case is one where a director closes his or her eyes to obvious reality and has no rational basis for......
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Table of Cases
...20 Hawk Insurance Co Ltd, Re [2001] EWCA Civ 241, [2001] 2 BCLC 480 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 37 Hawkes Hill Publishing Co Ltd (in liq), Re [2007] BCC 937 550 Henry Pound, Son & Hutchins, Re (1889) 42 Ch D 402 262 Hewett v Murray (1895) 54 LJ Ch 572 259 Highfield Commodities Ltd, Re [1985] 1 ......
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Insolvency Litigation
...902 (Ch), [2010] BCC 684. 25 See e.g. Re Sherborne Associates Ltd [1995] BCC 40. 26 See e.g. Re Hawkes Hill Publishing Co Ltd (in liq) [2007] BCC 937. 27 ‘The standard to be applied in considering what conclusion a director should have drawn is that of a reasonably prudent businessman actin......