Re Roith (W. & M.) Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtChancery Division
Year1967
Date1967

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15 cases
  • Re Horsley & Weight Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • July 30, 1980
    ...transactions to have been ultra vires the four companies. That decision does not, in my view, assist in the present case. 26 In re W. & M. Roith Ltd., (1967) 1 Weekly Law Reports, 432, R., the controlling shareholder and a director of the company, entered into a service agreement with ......
  • Prospect Properties Ltd ((in Liquidation)) v McNeill
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • December 3, 1990
    ...Ch. 975; [1926] All E.R. Rep. 323. (27) R. v. LorangUNK(1931), 22 Cr. App. R. 167, considered. (28) Roith (W. & M.) Ltd., In re, [1967] 1 W.L.R. 432; [1967] 1 All E.R. 427. (29) Rolled Steel Prods. (Holdings) Ltd. v. British Steel Corp., [1986] Ch. 246; [1985] 3 All E.R. 52, dicta of Slade,......
  • Hunter v Senate Support Services Ltd and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • May 17, 2004
    ...to do so, nor gives them carte blanche to do that which if not advised or recommended by lawyers would have been improper (cp Re W & M Roith Ltd [1967] 1 WLR 432, cited in Tolley's Company Law paragraph D3005 (considered further infra) at (ii)). Third, I do not know to what extent —if at al......
  • Re Halt Garage (1964) Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • Invalid date
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3 books & journal articles
  • Promoting a more efficient corporate governance model in emerging markets through corporate law.
    • United States
    • Washington University Global Studies Law Review No. 15-3, September 2016
    • September 22, 2016
    ...2 A.C. 134 (H.L. 1942) (appeal taken from Eng.). (140.) In re Smith & Fawcett Ltd. [1942] Ch. 304 (C.A. 1942); In re W & M Roith Ltd. [1967] 1 W.L.R. 432 (Ch. 1966); J.J. Harrison (Props.) Ltd. v. Harrison, 2001 WL 1135159 (C.A. (141.) For directors using their power to raising capital for ......
  • ULTRA VIRES AND CORPORATE CAPACITY IN SINGAPORE
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 1989, January - December 1989
    • December 1, 1989
    ...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 Trust Ltd[1986] 1 WLR 1440 (High Court, En......
  • Towards good corporate governance in state-owned industries : the accountability of directors
    • South Africa
    • Sabinet Malawi Law Journal No. 3-1, January 2009
    • January 1, 2009
    ...Fundamental principles (Pearson Education Limited, 2000) 248.41 Gower, above note 6, 609.42 Griffin, above note 40, 248 249;ReW&MRoithLtd[1967]1 WLR 432; Industrial DevelopmentsConsultantsLimited v Cooley [1972] 1 WLR 443; Regal Hastings Limited v Gulliver [1942] 1 All ER378.43 Griffin, abo......