Winkworth v Edward Baron Development Company Ltd

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1986
CourtHouse of Lords
Year1986
Date1986
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47 cases
  • Prospect Properties Ltd ((in Liquidation)) v McNeill
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 3 December 1990
    ...Safetywear Ltd. v. Dodd, [1988] BCLC 250; 1988 PCC 212, dicta of Dillon, L.J. applied. (40) Winkworth v. Edward Baron Dev. Co. Ltd., [1986] 1 W.L.R. 1512; [1987] 1 All E.R. 114, dicta of Lord Templeman applied. Legislation construed: Limitation of Actions Law (Laws of the Cayman Islands, 19......
  • Jones v Gunn
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 14 February 1997
    ...me to the English House of Lords decision in the case of Winkworth v. Edward Baron Development Company Limited & Orsreported at [1987] 1 ALL ER 114. The facts of that case concerned the property dealings of a husband and wife in connection with a company wholly owned by them and are not spe......
  • Harlequin Property Ltd and Another v Padraig O'Halloran and Another
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 25 July 2013
    ...LIQUIDATOR OF WEST MERCIA SAFETYWEAR v DODD & ANOR 1988 4 BCC 30 1988 BCLC 250 WINKWORTH v EDWARD BARON DEVELOPMENT CO LTD & ORS 1986 1 WLR 1512 1987 1 AER 114 1987 3 BCC 4 AHERN DIRECTORS DUTIES: LAW & PRACTICE 2009 185 YUKONG LINES LTD OF KOREA v RENDSBURG INVESTMENTS CORP OF LIBERIA (NO ......
  • Stobart Group Ltd v William Andrew Tinkler
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 15 February 2019
    ... ... Company Law [376] ... Equity operates on conscience ….” ( Winkworth v Edward Baron Development Co Ltd [1986] 1 WLR 1512, ... ...
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1 firm's commentaries
  • Directors Of A Corporation That May Be On The Path To Insolvency
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 3 February 2015
    ...refused. (2004) 244 D.L.R. (4th) 564 (SCC). (1998) 42 O.R. (3rd) (177) Ont. (CA) and Kerr v. Danier Leather Inc. (2007) 2 SCR 331. [1987] 1 All E.R. 114. (2014) ONCA (1999) 168 D.L.R. (4th) 351. [1920] 3 K.B. 497. (1987) 18 C.C.E.I. 218 (Ont. C.A). (1995) 129 D.L.R.(4th) 711. The content of......
14 books & journal articles
  • The director's duty to take into account the interests of company creditors: when is it triggered?
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 25 No. 2, August 2001
    • 1 August 2001
    ...in a Financially-Distressed Firm' (1996) 22 Journal of Corporation Law 53, 65. (6) See, eg, Winkworth v Edward Baron Development Co Ltd [1986] 1 WLR 1512, 1516 (Lord Templeman) and the rather robust criticism from L S Sealy, `Directors' Duties -- An Unnecessary Gloss' [1988] Cambridge Law J......
  • Wrongful Trading: An Impotent Remedy?
    • United Kingdom
    • Emerald Journal of Financial Crime No. 4-1, March 1996
    • 1 March 1996
    ...Petroleum co. Ltd [1980] 1 WLR 627 per Diplock LJ at p. 634 F-G. (49) See Winkworth v Edward Baron Development Co. Ltd and Others [1987] 1 All ER 114, per Templeman LJ at p. 118. (50) See Hutton v West Cork Railway Co. (1883) Ch D 654, per Bowen LJ at p. 672. (51) See Re Welfab Engineers Lt......
  • Exploring the Goal of Business Rescue Through the Lens of the South African Companies Act 71 of 2008
    • South Africa
    • Juta Stellenbosch Law Review No. , May 2019
    • 27 May 2019
    ...Ch 406 460 per Plow man J.21 N Coburn Co burn’s Insolvent Trading 2 ed (2003) 66.22 In Winkworth v Edwa rd Baron Developme nt Co Ltd 1986 1 WLR 1512, Lord Templeman held that director s owe a fiduciary duty to the co mpany and its creditors, pr esent and future, to ens ure that its affairs ......
  • Directors' Duties to Creditors: Contractarian Concerns Relating to Efficiency and Over‐Protection of Creditors
    • United Kingdom
    • Wiley The Modern Law Review No. 66-5, September 2003
    • 1 September 2003
    ...Ltd vShell Petroleum Co Ltd [1980] 1 WLR 627; Re Horsley & WeightLtd [1982] 3 All ER 1045; Winkworth vEdward Baron Development Ltd [1986] 1 WLR 1512;[1987] 1 All ER 114; Brady vBrady (1988) 3 BCC 535; Liquidator of West Mercia Safetywear vDodd (1988) 4 BCC 30; Facia Footwear Ltd (in adminis......
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