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Loch v John Blackwood Ltd

[1924] AC 783 (PC)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtJudicial Committee of the Privy Council (on appeal from Barbados / West Indian Court of Appeal)

Year1924

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

A just-and-equitable winding up may be ordered where there is a justifiable lack of confidence in the conduct and management of the company's affairs, grounded on the conduct of the directors in matters of business.

Area of Law

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Statoil ASA v Louis Dreyfus Energy Services LP (The Harriette N) [2008] EWHC 2257 (Comm); [2008] 2 Lloyd's Rep 685; [2009] 1 All ER (Comm) 1035

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