Catalogue description Supreme Court of Judicature: High Court of Justice, Companies Court: Companies (Winding-up) Proceedings

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Reference: J 13
Title: Supreme Court of Judicature: High Court of Justice, Companies Court: Companies (Winding-up) Proceedings
Description:

These arise from actions heard in the Companies Court of the High Court of Justice under the Companies (Winding Up) Act 1890 and subsequent legislation. The files include copies of summonses, affidavits of various kinds, court orders, petitions, judges' notes, schemes of arrangement for companies, papers concerning the appointment and retirement of liquidators and receivers, certificates of taxation, etc. From 1972 the proceedings also include debenture actions.

Most of the documents are purely formal, but some sets of affidavits give substantial information about a variety of matters, eg J 13/8272 gives details about woodlands and the timber trade, the use of timber in coal mining, and the difficulty of obtaining timber supplies during the First World war, over a wide area.
Date: 1883-2003
Arrangement:

Material is arranged in a series of year sequences, within which the individual files are arranged in alphabetical order of company, eg J 13/14360B and C for 1934. From 1923 to 1948 the company files for each year are listed under their initial letter. There are also occasional general files, eg J 13/16927, including summonses under the Courts Emergency Powers Act of 1940.
Related material:

Proceedings under earlier acts by official managers and liquidators, 1849 to 1920, are in C 26
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Supreme Court of Judicature, Chancery Division, 1875-
Physical description: 20020 files and volumes
Restrictions on use: Pieces 1- 19130 require 3 working days notice to produce
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Selection and destruction information: From 1949 onwards a representative selection has been preserved.
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background: These arise from actions heard in the Companies Court of the High Court ofJustice under the Companies (Winding Up) Act 1890 and subsequent legislation.From 1972 the proceedings also include debenture actions.

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