Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2002] All ER (D) 347 (Dec)
Neutral Citation: [2002] EWHC 2815 (Ch)
Court: Chancery Division
Judge:

Jacob J

Representation John Brisby QC, Richard Hill and Malcolm Davis-White (instructed by Cadwalader, Wickerham & Taft) for the petitioners.
  Richard Sheldon QC and Hilary Stonefrost (instructed by Slaughter & May) for the respondent.
Judgment Dates: 20 December 2002

Catchwords

Companies - Administration order - Jurisdiction - Jurisdictional threshold - Meaning of word 'likely' - s 8(1).

The Case

The court dismissed the petitioners' application for an administration order on the ground that it had no jurisdiction to put the respondent company into administration.

Practice Areas

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