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Company law [2025] EWHC 3107 (Ch)

Webster & Anor v ESMS Global Ltd & Ors

Webster & Anor v ESMS Global Ltd & Ors [2025] EWHC 3107 (Ch) (25 November 2025)

The High Court held it had jurisdiction to compel circulation of a members’ written resolution under sections 292 and 293 Companies Act 2006 and granted declaratory and injunctive relief.

  • Written resolutions
  • Shareholder rights
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Injunctions
  • Companies act 2006
  • Company-law
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Insolvency law [2025] EWHC 2208 (Ch)

DG Resources Ltd v Revenue and Customs

DG Resources Ltd v Revenue and Customs [2025] EWHC 2208 (Ch) (27 August 2025)

The High Court held HMRC validly served a winding-up petition at the company’s registered office and rejected claims of a substantial cross-claim or abuse of process.

  • Service of winding up petition
  • Registered office requirements
  • Cross-claims in insolvency
  • Injunction to restrain advertisement
  • Economic crime and corporate transparency act 2023
  • Companies act 2006
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Insolvency [2025] EWHC 2181 (Ch)

Waldorf Production UK PLC, Re

Waldorf Production UK PLC, Re [2025] EWHC 2181 (Ch) (19 August 2025)

The High Court sanctioned Waldorf Production UK Plc’s restructuring plan, allowing cross-class cram down despite opposition from HMRC and Capricorn.

  • Restructuring plan
  • Cross-class cram down
  • Creditor rights
  • Companies act 2006
  • Restructuring-plan
  • Cross-class-cram-down
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Insolvency

River Island Holdings Limited, Re

The restructuring plan satisfies statutory requirements, provides a better return to all creditor classes than administration, meets fairness and rationality tests, and the Court exercises its discretion to sanction the plan and cram down dissenting classes.

  • Restructuring plan
  • Creditor compromise
  • Cram down
  • Companies act 2006
  • Scheme of arrangement
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Company law

Northern Powerhouse Developments Limited & Ors v Gavin Lee Woodhouse

The Defendant breached his duties as a director under sections 171 and 172 of the Companies Act 2006 by operating overdrawn directors’ loan accounts for personal benefit, diverting company funds for improper purposes, and continuing to trade while insolvent. The breaches were dishonest. The Claimants are entitled to recover the sums due as debts and as equitable compensation for breach of duty.

  • Breach of fiduciary duty
  • Directors' loan accounts
  • Insolvency
  • Proprietary remedies
  • Dishonesty
  • Companies act 2006
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Insolvency

Consort Healthcare (Tameside) Plc, Re

The High Court granted an order convening creditor meetings for a proposed restructuring plan for Consort Healthcare (Tameside) PLC under Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006.

  • Restructuring plan
  • Creditors' meetings
  • Companies act 2006
  • Cross-class cramdown
  • Restructuring-plan
  • Creditors-meetings
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Company law [2024] EWHC 739 (Ch)

Chohan v Ved & Anor (Re Nexbell Ltd - Companies Act 2006)

Chohan v Ved & Anor (Re Nexbell Ltd - Companies Act 2006) [2024] EWHC 739 (Ch) (01 May 2024)

The High Court held that Mr Ved breached directors’ duties by granting himself a new lease with security of tenure, and declared the lease void.

  • Directors' duties
  • Derivative actions
  • Joint venture agreements
  • Breach of fiduciary duty
  • Security of tenure
  • Companies act 2006
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Company law [2024] EW Misc 6 (CC)

Chapman & Anor v Celtic Property Developments Ltd (Re Celtic Property Developments Ltd and Companies Act 2006)

Chapman & Anor v Celtic Property Developments Ltd (Re Celtic Property Developments Ltd and Companies Act 2006) [2024] EW Misc 6 (CC) (24 January 2024)

The court held that no estoppel prevented enforcement of a debenture and ordered rectification of the charges register to reinstate it.

  • Rectification of register of charges
  • Debenture validity
  • Promissory estoppel
  • Proprietary estoppel
  • Assignment of security
  • Companies act 2006
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Company law [2023] EWHC 2538 (Ch)

Haggart & Anor v Burgess & Ors

Haggart & Anor v Burgess & Ors [2023] EWHC 2538 (Ch) (11 October 2023)

The High Court held that Mr Haggart did not agree to the Burgess family’s director appointments or share allotments, so the filings were invalid.

  • Director appointment validity
  • Shareholding disputes
  • Rectification of register
  • Companies act 2006
  • Duomatic principle
  • Company-law
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Insolvency [2023] EWHC 274 (Ch)

NGI Systems & Solutions Ltd v The Good Box Co Labs Ltd

NGI Systems & Solutions Ltd v The Good Box Co Labs Ltd [2023] EWHC 274 (Ch) (14 February 2023)

The High Court considered a Part 26A restructuring plan for The Good Box Co Labs Limited and held that company consent was required, so the plan could not be sanctioned.

  • Restructuring plan
  • Cross-class cram down
  • Administration
  • Schemes of arrangement
  • Companies act 2006
  • Restructuring-plan
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