Re Telewest Communications Plc

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeMr Justice David Richards
Judgment Date21 June 2004
Neutral Citation[2004] EWHC 1466 (Ch),[2004] EWHC 924 (Ch)
Docket NumberCase No: 2518 of 2004,Case No: 2518 of 2004 & 2519 of 2004
CourtChancery Division
Date21 June 2004
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  • Re:Ballantyne RE Plc & The Companies Act 2014
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 6 June 2019
    ...in the Chancery Division of the Companies Court in England and Wales in the case of Re Telewest Communications Plc (No. 2) [2004] EWHC 1466 (Ch); [2005] BCC 36 (‘ Telewest (No. 2)’). My attention was drawn, in particular, to a passage from the judgment in that case, where again having quot......
  • Noble Group Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 14 November 2018
    ...before the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York on 15 November 2018. The Approach to Sanction 16 In Re Telewest Communications (No. 2) Ltd [2005] 1 BCLC 772 (“ Telewest”) at [20]–[22], David Richards J explained the relevant principles which guide the court in the exer......
  • Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd (Claimant)
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 29 September 2016
    ...interests of their class than the court. It is also relevant to bear in mind the points made by David Richards J in Re Telewest Communications Plc (No. 2) [2005] 1 BCLC 772, where he said: "That test also makes clear that the scheme proposed need not be the only fair scheme or even, in the ......
  • The Companies Law (2013 Revision) the Sphinx Group of Companies in Official Liquidation)
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 10 June 2014
    ...of their own interests than the Court. The position was explained by David Richards J at the sanction stage in Re Telewest Communications [2005] BCC 36: ‘ [20] The classic formulation of the principles which guide the court in considering whether to sanction a scheme was set out by Plowman ......
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  • Table of Cases
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill Law of Insolvent Partnerships and Limited Liability Partnerships Contents
    • 29 August 2015
    ...Ltd (No 3), Re [1991] BCC 435 151 Taylor v Neate (1883) 39 Ch D 538 248 Tea Corp, Re [1904] 1 Ch 12 37 Telewest Communications plc, Re [2004] EWHC 924 (Ch), [2004] BCC 342, upheld [2004] EWCA Civ 728, [2005] 1 BCLC 752 28, 31 Thompson’s Trustee in Bankruptcy v Heaton [1974] 1 WLR 605 268 Ti......
  • Schemes of arrangement
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill Law of Insolvent Partnerships and Limited Liability Partnerships Contents
    • 29 August 2015
    ..., 38 Chadwick LJ expressed scepticism about claims that consideration at the meetings hearing would be impracticable, and it has 34 [2004] EWHC 924 (Ch), [2004] BCC 342, upheld [2004] EWCA Civ 728, [2005] 1 BCLC 752. 35 CA 2006, s 896(1). 36 Re Mytravel Group plc [2004] EWCA Civ 1734, [2005......

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