Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2002] All ER (D) 202 (Apr)
Court: Chancery Division
Judge:

John Jarvis QC sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court

Representation Stephen Moverley Smith QC (instructed by the Treasury Solicitor) for the Secretary of State.
  Clare Hoffman (instructed by Gosschalks, Hull) for the respondent.
Judgment Dates: 23 April 2002

Catchwords

Company - Compulsory winding up - Petition by Secretary of State - Respondent companies operating money circulation scheme - Secretary of State taking view that expedient in public interest that companies be wound up - Whether petition should be granted.

The Case

The court granted the Secretary of State's petition for the winding up of two companies under s124A of the where the scheme they operated was in breach of the the and was inherently objectionable.

Practice Areas

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