Winkworth v Edward Baron Development Company Ltd

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1986
CourtHouse of Lords
Year1986
Date1986

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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......
9 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......
  • 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 ......
  • THE RATIONALISATION OF DIRECTORS’ DUTIES IN SINGAPORE
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2005, December 2005
    • 1 December 2005
    ...the much cited decisions of Kinsela v Russell Kinsela Pty Ltd(1986) 4 NSWLR 722 at 732—733; Winkworth v Edward Baron Development Co Ltd[1987] 1 All ER 114 at 118; West Mercia Safetywear Ltd v Dodd[1988] BCLC 250 at 252—253; Nicholson v Permakraft (NZ) Ltd[1985] 1 NZLR 242 and Walker v Wimbo......
  • UNSECURED CREDITOR VERSUS UNREGISTERED CHARGE
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 1998, December 1998
    • 1 December 1998
    ...This duty is now well-established: see, for example, Nicholson v Permakraft (NZ) Ltd[1985] 1 NZLR 242; Winkworth v Baron Development Ltd[1986] 1 WLR 1512; Kinsela v Russell Kinsela Pty Ltd(1986) 10 ACLR 395; West Mercia Safetywear Ltd v Dodd[1988] BCLC 250. 26 Section 98 of the Bankruptcy A......
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