Soden v British & Commonwealth Holdings Plc

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date23 May 1996
Date23 May 1996
CourtChancery Division
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19 cases
  • The Companies Act (2023 Revision) and HQP Corporation Ltd (in Official Liquidation)
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 7 July 2023
    ...Hayne J continued: “It has been described as being ‘of legendary impenetrability’ (see Soden v British & Commonwealth Holdings plc [1995] 1 BCLC 686 at 695). It is as Tadgell J said in State of Victoria v Hodgson [1992] 2 VR 613 to 625, a decision that ‘no doubt bears the stamp of its era’.......
  • The Companies Act (2023 Revision) and HQP Corporation Ltd (in official liquidation)
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 7 July 2023
    ...Hayne J continued: “It has been described as being ‘of legendary impenetrability’ (see Soden v British & Commonwealth Holdings plc [1995] 1 BCLC 686 at 695). It is as Tadgell J said in State of Victoria v Hodgson [1992] 2 VR 613 to 625, a decision that ‘no doubt bears the stamp of its era’.......
  • The Companies Act (2022 Revision) and Direct Lending Income Feeder Fund, Ltd (in Official Liquidation)
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 13 March 2024
    ...for damages for misrepresentation would not involve a return of capital (as Robert Walker J (as he then was) had said at first instance [1995] BCLC 686, 698–699 “ Addlestone and Webb were both claims by original members. The claimants were complaining of the very transaction under which, by......
  • A v A; B v B
    • United Kingdom
    • Family Division
    • Invalid date
    ...Science Research Council v Nassé [1980] AC 1028, [1979] 3 All ER 673, [1979] 3 WLR 762, HL. Scott v Scott [1913] AC 417. Soden v Burns [1996] 3 All ER 967, [1996] 1 WLR Soden v Burns (No 2) (26 March 1997, unreported), Ch D. Taylor v Director of the Serious Fraud Office [1999] 2 AC 177, [19......
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1 books & journal articles
  • Civil Actions by Shareholders against an Insolvent Issuer: Soden v British & Commonwealth Plc
    • United Kingdom
    • Journal of Financial Crime No. 6-2, April 1998
    • 1 April 1998
    ...of attribution. The House of Lords was not called upon to address this or any other issue concerning the merits of B&C's claim. (4) [1995] 1 BCLC 686 (High Court), [1996] 2 BCLC 207 (Court of Appeal). (5) For an insight into this complex and venerable area of company law see, Law Commission......

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