Re Lee, Behrens & Company Ltd
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1932 |
| Court | Chancery Division |
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48 cases
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Re Horsley & Weight Ltd
...and Mr. Frank Horsley as the only shareholders. 19 Mr. Evans-Lombe, relying principally on the judgment of Mr. Justice Eve in re Lee Behrens & Co., (1932) 2 Chancery, 46, submits that, properly construed, paragraph (0) should be read as conferring merely an ancillary power. In. that case t......
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Rolled Steel Products (Holdings) Ltd v British Steel Corporation
...3 A.E.R. at pages 1028–1030, the three tests of ultra vires suggested by Eve J. in an often cited passage in his judgment in In Re Lee Behrens & Co. Ltd. (1932) 2 Ch. 46 at page 51, should, in my opinion, now be recognised as being of no assistance, and indeed positively misleading, when t......
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Charterbridge Corporation Ltd v Lloyds Bank Ltd
...to whether the transaction was intended to benefit the company was irrelevant on the issue of ultra vires. In re Lee, Behrens & Co. Ltd. [1932] 2 Ch. 46 distinguished. In re David Payne & Co. Ltd., Young v. David Payne & Co. Ltd. [1904] 2 Ch. 608, C.A. and In re Introductions Ltd., Introduc......
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Parke v Daily News Ltd
... ... AND OTHERS ... [1961 P. No. 338.] ... 1961 Feb. 3 ... Wilberforce J ... Company - Powers - Application of assets - Proposed payments to former employees - Whether payments ... Hutton v. West Cork Railway Co. ( 1883 ) 23 Ch.D. 654 , C.A. and In re Lee, Behrens & Co. Ltd. [ 1932 ] 2 Ch. 46 ; 48 T.L.R. 248 applied ... MOTION FOR ... ...
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Ultra vires-leerstuk : hoofstuk 6
...’n maatskappy verbied 168 Ar tikel 161(2) (a) en (b).169 Ar tikel 161(3). Hierdeur word die beslissing van Re Lee Behrens & Co Ltd [1932] 2 Ch 46 dus uitdruklik omvergewerp.170 Ar tikel 117(2).171 Ar tikel 162(1).172 Byvoorbeeld die voordele wat aan ’n maatskappy toegestaan deur die woord “......
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Directors' fiduciary duties under our future company-law regime
...Railway Company (1883) 23 ChD 654; Tomkinson v South-Eastern Railway Company (1887) 35 ChD 675; In re Lee, Behrens & Company, Limited [1932] 2 Ch 46; Parke v Daily News Ltd [1962] Ch 927. See also In re W & M Roith Ltd (1967) 1 WLR 432 where the Court held that the payment of a pension to a......
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ULTRA VIRES AND CORPORATE CAPACITY IN SINGAPORE
...6 HL Cas 401 (House of Lords); Woodland Development Sdn Bhd v Chartered Bank[1986] 1 MLJ 84, 88—89 (High Court, Malaysia). 32. [1932] 2 Ch 46 (High Court, England). 33. [1967] 1 All ER 427 (High Court, England). 34. See Rosemary Simmons Memorial Housing Association Ltd v United Dominions Tr......