| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2006] All ER (D) 263 (May) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2006] EWHC 1058 (Ch) |
| Court: | Chancery Division (Companies Court) |
| Judge: | Robert Englehart QC sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court |
| Representation | Jonathan Brettler (instructed by the Treasury Solicitor) for the petitioner. |
| James Gibbons (instructed by Finers Stephens Innocent) for the respondents. | |
| Raquel Agnello (instructed by Richards Butler) for the Official Receiver. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 18 May 2006 |
Catchwords
Company - Compulsory winding up - Petition by Secretary of State - Secretary of State taking view that it is expedient in the public interest that company be wound up - Business of company that of secondary ticket agent - Secretary of State complaining that member of public being misled into believing that, if they booked and paid for tickets, such a booking was a firm booking - Whether just and equitable for company to be wound up.
The Case
The cumulative effect of all the matters of which complaint was made by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry was such that there was no doubt that it was in the public interest that the company, whose business was that of a secondary ticket agent, and two associated companies should be wound up.
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