R. v Registrar of Companies Ex p. Attorney General

FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY
1991 WL 838251 (DC), [1991] B.C.L.C. 476
(c) Sweet & Maxwell LimitedR. v Registrar of Companies Ex p. Attorney General(DC) Divisional Courtc.1991
Where Reported
[1991] B.C.L.C. 476

Summary
Subject: Company law

Keywords: Companies; Immoral contracts; Registration

Catchphrases: Registration; objects of company involving immoral purposes; whether company should be registered

Summary: Where a company's objects involve it entering into contracts (for prostitution) which are sexually immoral and, hence, illegal and unenforceable, the court, in granting judicial review of the registrar's decision to register the company, would strike the company off the register.
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