The Weekly Law Reports
[1980] 2 WLR 241
[COURT OF APPEAL]
In re
A COMPANY
[No. 00996 of 1979]
1979 July 31
Lord Denning M.R., Shaw and Templeman L.JJ.
Company
— Officer
— “Manager” or “officer”
— Allegation of false accounting by departmental manager
— Whether officer committing “offence in connection with … company's affairs”
— Jurisdiction to order production and inspection of books
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Companies Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6, c. 38), ss. 441 (1) (3), 455 (1)
Court of Appeal
— Jurisdiction
— Judge's decision “not … appealable”
— Error of law in construction of statute
— Whether jurisdiction to hear appeal
—
Companies Act 1948, s. 441 (3)