Re Hoicrest Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1998
Date1998
CourtChancery Division
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9 cases
  • Nilon Ltd and another v Royal Westminster Investments S.A. and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 21 January 2015
    ...of view turned on the application of the decision of the Court of Appeal in England (Kennedy and Mummery LJJ) in Re Hoicrest Ltd [2000] 1 WLR 414. That was a decision on what is now section 125 of the Companies Act 2006. 98 shares in the company were issued to Mrs Martin (M). Mr Keene (K),......
  • Bryan v Arpan
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 23 May 2007
    ... ... 17 Mr Thrower for the petitioner relied by analogy on a decision of the Court of Appeal in Re Hoicrest Ltd [2000] 1 WLR 414 ... That was a rectification case brought under section 359 of the Companies Act. The claimant's case was that he had a specifically enforceable agreement for a transfer to him of 49 shares in the company by a registered shareholder and therefore beneficial ownership of those ... ...
  • Re Hoicrest Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 3 November 1999
    ...of the register". 4HHJ Rich QC (sitting as a Judge of the High Court) held in his judgment of 10 November 1997 (now reported in [1998] 2 BCLC 175) that the court has no jurisdiction to entertain Mr Keene's application under section 359, as he cannot produce a legal transfer of the 49 share......
  • Park Magic Mobile Solutions Ltd v Companies Act
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 9 May 2017
    ... ... At para. 9.066 of the third edition of his text Courtney states in broad terms that ‘the court may decide any question of title’ on an application under the then relevant provisions of section 122(1). The Court of Appeal of England and Wales in Re Hoicrest Ltd. [2000] 1 W.L.R 414 considered the nature of the jurisdiction and emphasised the wide powers of the court under the English equivalent of s. 173, by which a court may: ‘… decide any question in relation to the title of a person who is a party to the application to have ... ...
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