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The High Court refused interim injunctions in an unfair prejudice petition, finding the petitioner had not shown a sufficiently strong case on standing or need for relief.
Nakhla Ventures Ltd & Anor v Heba Pilates Ltd & Anor [2026] EWHC 786 (Ch) (19 March 2026)
The High Court ordered Heba Pilates Ltd into compulsory liquidation, disallowed the voluntary liquidator’s costs, and made him personally liable for the petitioners’ costs.
Olivier v McCaughran [2025] EWHC 3308 (Ch) (15 December 2025)
The High Court dismissed an unfair prejudice petition, holding the claimant was not a shareholder or entitled to be one, so he lacked standing under section 994.
The Petitioners failed to establish standing as shareholders due to the share register and absence of executed transfer forms; admissions by Respondents cannot confer standing where evidence is to the contrary. The Respondents are permitted to withdraw admissions. The Petitioners' application to amend the petition to seek declarations and rectification is refused due to lack of clarity, procedural obstacles, and the need to restore a dissolved company before rectification can be considered.
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Otto & Ors v Inner Mongolia Happy Lamb Catering Management Company Ltd & Ors [2024] EWHC 497 (Ch) (05 March 2024)
On a s.994 Companies Act petition, the court allowed withdrawal of admissions about shareholding and refused a late amendment seeking rectification of the register.
LSI 2013 Ltd v The Solar Panel Company (UK) Ltd [2014] EWHC 248 (Ch) (14 January 2014)
Appeal from a winding up order allowed after the court held the petition debt and cross-claim had not been properly considered.
Appeal against a winding up order was allowed after the High Court held the judge had treated the petitioner as a contingent creditor and failed to consider the dispute evidence.
Wicks v Russell & Anor [2008] EWHC 2713 (Ch) (07 November 2008)
The High Court held that a petitioner lacked standing to seek an insolvency administration order based on post-death funeral and administration expenses, but declined to annul the order.
On appeal, the High Court held that funeral and administration expenses were not bankruptcy debts owed by the deceased at death, but refused to annul the IAO.
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