COMPANIES: Winding up

3 cases · February 2025 to May 2026

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2025–2026

Key Issues & Sub-Topics

Ratification Of Fees — Companies Act 1965 — s 236(2)(I) Of The Companies Act 1965 — rr 171(1) and 173 Of The Companies (Winding Up) Rules 1972 — s 71 of The Contracts Act 1950 — ss 232(3)(C) and 236(2)(I) CA (1965) — s 69(1) to (3) of the Courts of Judicature Act 1964 (CJA), rr 7(1) to (3) and (3A) of the Rules of the Court of Appeal 1994 (RCA) 2 cases

Fortuna injunction — Statutory notice under Sections 465(1)(e) and 466(1)(a) of Companies Act 2016 — Continuation of services after contract expiry — Whether debt bona fide disputed on substantial grounds — Whether irreparable harm relevant when debt not disputed — Whether commercial insolvency established — Application of contract by conduct principles — Timing of dispute after statutory notice — Whether commercial relationship evidenced by payment conduct — Whether denial of liability after accepting services constitutes genuine dispute — Test for commercial insolvency — Present ability to meet current obligations — Distinction between net asset position and cash flow solvency 1 case

Key Statutes

cited in 1 case
Rules of Court 2012
cited in 1 case

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