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Re Compania Merabello San Nicholas SA

[1973] Ch 75; [1972] 3 WLR 471; [1972] 3 All ER 448 (Ch D, Megarry J)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtChancery Division
Year1972
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

An insolvent foreign company may be wound up in England as an unregistered company without proof that it ever had a place of business or carried on business here, so long as the court has a legitimate interest and there is a reasonable possibility of benefit to creditors.

Area of Law

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