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Bentley-Stevens v Jones

[1974] 1 WLR 638; [1974] 2 All ER 653
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court of Justice (Chancery Division)
Year1974
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

The court will not grant an injunction to restrain the implementation of a resolution passed at an irregularly convened company meeting where the irregularity is a mere matter of internal procedure that would inevitably be cured by going through the proper formalities (an application of the rule in Foss v Harbottle).

Area of Law

General

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