Re London and General Bank

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1895
Date1895
CourtCourt of Appeal
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8 cases
  • R v Shacter
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal
    • Invalid date
    ...within the meaning of the Companies Act, 1948, and the Larceny Act, 1861, respectively. In re London and General Bank [1895] 2 Ch. 166; 11 T.L.R. 374; In re Kingston Cotton Mill Co. [1896] 1 Ch. 6; 12 T.L.R. 21, 60, 123, 430; In re Western Counties Steam Bakeries and Milling Co. [1897] 1 Ch......
  • Mutual Reinsurance Company Ltd v Peat Marwick Mitchell & Company and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • October 11, 1996
    ...is a line of authority from 1895 that they can be officers of a company and will be if they have been appointed as such. In in re London & General Bank [1895] 2 Ch 166 the Court of Appeal held that the Bank's auditors were officers of the company. Lindley LJ said at p.170: "It seems to ......
  • Stone and Rolls Ltd ((in Liquidation)) v Moore Stephens (A Firm)
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • July 30, 2009
    ...an officer for the purpose of a misfeasance summons under what is now section 212 of the Insolvency Act 1986: Re London and General Bank [1895] 2 Ch 166, a decision of the Court of Appeal which was followed by another constitution of that Court (though with Lord Herschell expressly withhol......
  • Moore Stephens (A Firm) v Stone Rolls Ltd ((in Liquidation))
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • July 30, 2009
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3 books & journal articles
  • The contemporary auditor -a watchdog: new wine in old wine skins?
    • Barbados
    • Caribbean Law Review No. 10-1, June 2000
    • June 1, 2000
    ...on ihe status of bankers; and Re Carters Case (1886) 31 Ch D 496, on the status of solicitors. 42 [1997] 1 BCLC 1 43 [1896] l Ch 5. 44 [1895] 2Ch 166. 45 [1897] 1 Ch 617. 46 (1894) 71 LT. 406. 47 [1997] 1 BCLC 1 48 Section 101, Barbados Companies Act, Cap 308 of 1982; section 101, Trinidad ......
  • True and fair financial reporting: a tool for better corporate governance
    • United Kingdom
    • Emerald Journal of Financial Crime No. 19-4, October 2012
    • October 5, 2012
    ...Accountants Act, 1949 (India).22. S. 227 of the Companies Act, 1956 (India).23. Re, Kingston Cotton Mil (No. 2), [1896] 2 Ch. 279.24. [1895]2 Ch. 166.25. [1967]2 All. E.R. 525. Managing Director of Thomas Gerrad and Sons Ltd falsified the booksof the company to conceal the company’s losses. ......
  • Guarding the Company against Dishonest Employees
    • United Kingdom
    • Emerald Journal of Financial Crime No. 9-1, March 2001
    • March 1, 2001
    ...13th July, 1939, unreported. (9) [1958] 1 All ER 11; 1 WLR 45. (10) [2000] 1 All ER 676 CA. (11) (1937)81 The Accountant LR 62. (12) (1895) 2 Ch. 166. (13) (1895) 21 The Accountant LR 165. (14) (1889) 2 Ch. 629. (15) Ibid. p. 673. (16) The Accountant, November 1933. (17) [1907] 37 The Accou......

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