Vivendi SA v Richards
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Neutral Citation | [2013] EWHC 3006 (Ch) |
| Date | 2013 |
| Year | 2013 |
| Court | Chancery Division |
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16 cases
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Antonio Caliendo and Another v Mishcon De Reya (A Firm)and Another
...in that company. The relevant legal principles in this respect were helpfully summarised by Newey J in Vivendi SA v Richards [2013] EWHC 3006 (Ch), [2013] BCC 771: "148. While the interests of a company are normally identified with those of its members, the interests of creditors can become......
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Centenary 6 Limited Against Tlt Llp
...is relatively uncontroversial and is apparent from the evidence in this case and the opinions of Newey J in Vivendi SA v Richards [2013] EWHC 3006 (CH) and Lord Woolman in Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills v Bloch [2013] CSOH 57. [6] CHIII is a Scottish alc......
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Harrington v Mehta
...duties on which they rely. 341 In this context, the Claimants rely upon what Newey J (as he then was) said in Vivendi SA v Richards [2013] EWHC 3006 (Ch) [2013] BCC 771, at [142]–[143], while commenting on the earlier decision of Lewison J (as he then was) in Ultraframe (UK) Ltd v Fielding......
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BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana SA and Others; B.A.T. Industries Plc v Sequana SA and another
...The company was therefore insolvent 'or at any rate of doubtful solvency or on the verge of insolvency'. (e) In Vivendi SA v Richards [2013] EWHC 3006 (Ch) (' Vivendi') Newey J again cited the passage from Kinsela and, at para 150, he quoted from the judgment of Giles J.A. in Kalls Enterpri......
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1 firm's commentaries
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Shadow Directors In The BVI: Who Are They, What Duties Do They Owe And What Are Their Risks?
...company's bank account. That view was nevertheless rejected by Newey J (as he then was) in Vivendi SA and anor v Richards and anor [2013] EWHC 3006 (Ch), who stated, in contrast, that shadow directors do (at the very least) owe fiduciary duties in relation to the directions or instructions ......
2 books & journal articles
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Exploring the Goal of Business Rescue Through the Lens of the South African Companies Act 71 of 2008
...v C ohen 2001 2 BCLC 80 105, per Jonatha n Parker J. 45 2001 2 BCLC 80. See also Vi vendi SA Centena ry Holdings III Ltd v R ichards 2013 EWHC 3006 (Ch) pa ra 147.604 STELL LR 2017 3© Juta and Company (Pty) omission under challenge resulted in substantial detriment to the company, the direc......
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Corporate Management
...to be capable of discharging the functions of secretary of the company. 13 11. Vivendi SA and another v Richards and another [2013] EWHC 3006 (CH.). 12. See Yukong v Rendsburg Investments Corporation (No2) [1998] 1 WLR 294; Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Aviss [2006] EWHC 1846 ......