Category: Finance Law
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Equitable Winding-up
Minority protection in Company Law Refine your research by picking one of the below sections, including the The statutory remedies. The statutory remedies Insolvency Act : Just and equitable winding-up Find under this subsection information about Insolvency Act : Just and equitable winding-up […]
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Compulsory Winding-up
Definition of Compulsory Winding-Up In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Compulsory Winding-Up : A procedure for winding up a company by the court based on a petition made under circumstances listed in the Insolvency Act 1986. The main grounds for this type […]
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Annuity
Definition of Annuity In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Annuity : A sum of money payable annually for as long as the beneficiary (annuitant) lives, or for some other specified period (e.g. the life of another person (pur autre vie) or the minority of […]
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Banking Legislation
English Law affecting Banks and their Customers Issue of Notes The legislation which culminated in the Bank Charter Acts of 1844 and 1845 secured to the Bank of England the absolute monopoly of the note issue within the city of London and a 3-m. radius. Outside that radius, and within […]
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Financial Restructuring
Voluntary arrangements under ss– Insolvency Act Find under this subsection information about Voluntary arrangements under ss– Insolvency Act in relation to Financial restructuring. Sale under the articles
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Bankrupt
Definition of Bankrupt This amounts to insolvency i.e. Being unable to pay your creditors.
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Finance
Finance Meaning in Politics Description of Finance published by Mona Chalabi: Political finances in the United Kingdom are regulated by the Electoral Commission, which sets limits on how much a party can spend while campaigning, ensures that spending is recorded (and, where necessary, […]
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Fraud Investigation
Fraud Investigations by the Serious and Organised Crime Agency There is more information about this section in the entry about Fraud Investigations by the Serious and Organised Crime Agency in this legal Encyclopedia. Serious Fraud Offices Investigations and Prosecutions There is more […]
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Financial Ombudsman Service
Online Dispute Resolution in the Financial Ombudsman Service The UK Financial Ombudsman Service was established by statute in 2000 as the mandatory ADR body in the financial services sector. Its function is to resolve disputes between consumers and UK-based financial businesses quickly and […]
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Revenue System
Definition of Inland Revenue Account The purpose of this account is to show that the person responsible has either paid inheritance tax or that none is payable. History of the Revenue System In a broad view the sources of revenue (in feudalism) fall under the following heads: The […]
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Private Bank
(In) the early history of banking—thus, as no bank Private banks could be formed with more than six partners during the whole of the period from 1694 to 1826 and 1833, the majority of the banks formed throughout England and Wales for more than a century were necessarily small and usually […]
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Insolvency Law
Resources See Also Further Reading Insolvency Law in the Encyclopedia of Britain Insolvency Law in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary Insolvency Law in the Halsbury's Laws of England Insolvency Law in the Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases Insolvency Law in the […]
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Driving without Insurance
Definition of Driving Without Insurance In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Driving Without Insurance : An offence committed by a *driver who uses or allows someone else to use a motor vehicle on a public road without valid *third-party insurance. The […]
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National Insurance
Resources See Also Further Reading National Insurance in the Encyclopedia of Britain National Insurance in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary National Insurance in the Halsbury's Laws of England National Insurance in the Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases National […]
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Account
Definition of Account In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Account : A right at common law and later (more importantly) in equity, requiring one party to a relationship (e.g. a partnership) to account to the other or others for moneys received or due. An […]