The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[1981] AC 374
[HOUSE OF LORDS]
In re
RACAL COMMUNICATIONS LTD.
[On appeal from In re A COMPANY]
1980 June 3;
July 3
July 3
Lord Diplock, Lord Salmon, Lord Edmund-Davies, Lord Keith of Kinkel, and Lord Scarman
Company
— Officer
— “Manager” or “officer”
— Allegation of false accounting by departmental manager
— Jurisdiction to order production and inspection of books
—
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
—
Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 49), ss. 27 (1), 33 (1) (d)
—
Companies Act 1948, s. 441 (3)