Trevor and Another v Whitworth and Another
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judgment Date | 11 July 1887 |
| Judgment citation (vLex) | [1887] UKHL J0711-1 |
| Court | House of Lords |
| Date | 11 July 1887 |
Trevor and Another
and
Whitworth and Another.
[1887] UKHL J0711-1
House of Lords
1
After hearing Counsel, as well on Friday the 18th, as Monday the 21st, Tuesday the 22nd, and Thursday the 24th days of March last, upon the Petition and Appeal of Charles Robinson Trevor and Ernest Crewdson, both of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Chartered Accountants, the Liquidators of James Schofield and Sons, Limited, praying that the matter of the Order set forth in the Schedule thereto, namely, an Order of Her Majesty's Court of Appeal of the 2nd of April 1886, might be reviewed before Her Majesty the Queen in Her Court of Parliament, and that the said...
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Abdelrahman Abdullah Abbar and Another v Saudi Economic & Development Company (sedco) Real Estate Ltd and Others
... ... For many years known as the rule by Trevor v Whitworth (1887) 12 App. Cas. 409 , it has been repeatedly re-asserted by the courts, most recently in Progress Property Co Ltd v Moore [2010] ... ...
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The Companies (Consolidation) Act, 1908 ; and the Irish Provident Assurance Company Ltd; and Johanna Bradley
... ... of the company to enable a director to purchase its shares: Trevor v. Whitworth ( 1 ). There was a clear conversion as held by Barton, J., ... Another is that the shares were taken by the appellants as investments, which it ... ...
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The Companies Act (2022 Revision) and Direct Lending Income Feeder Fund, Ltd (in Official Liquidation)
...to shareholders which in substance amounted to a return of capital) was precluded by the common-law rule in Trevor v Whitworth (1887) 12 App Cas 409 (that a company has no power to purchase its own shares unless permitted by statute). Eiffel accepted that the rules governing the return of c......
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The Companies Act (2022 Revision) and Direct Lending Income Feeder Fund, Ltd (in Official Liquidation)
...to shareholders which in substance amounted to a return of capital) was precluded by the common-law rule in Trevor v Whitworth (1887) 12 App Cas 409 (that a company has no power to purchase its own shares unless permitted by statute). Eiffel accepted that the rules governing the return of c......
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1 books & journal articles
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Houldsworth: an obsolete piece in the legislative puzzle.
...(UK). (144) As noted before, this section was the forerunner of s 360(1) of the Companies (Vic) Code. (145) Trevor v Whitworth (1887) LR 12 App Cas 409; Ooergum Gold Mning Co of India v Roper [1892] AC (146) Webb Distributors (Aust) Pty Ltd v Victoria (1993) 179 CLR 15, 28 citing Houldswort......