The Business Law Reports
[2007] Bus LR 109
Chancery Division
In re Cape plc and others
[2006] EWHC 1316 (Ch)
2005 Feb 28,
March 1, 2, 3;
June 7
March 1, 2, 3;
June 7
David Richards J
Company
— Scheme of arrangement
— Sanction of court
— Companies proposing scheme to provide settlements for asbestos claims over long period of time
— Scheme allowing for future amendment of terms
— Whether court having jurisdiction to sanction scheme
— Whether unlawfully excluding or restricting companies' liability for death or personal injury
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Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 (c 50), s 2(1)
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Companies Act 1985 (c 6) (as amended by Insolvency Act 1985 (c 65), s 109(1), Sch 6, para 11), s 425(1)