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Re Barings plc (No 5)

Index Re Barings plc (No 5)

Re Barings plc (No 5) 1 BCLC 523 is a leading UK company law case, concerning directors' duties of care and skill. [1]

15 relations: Andrew Morritt, Barings Bank, Business judgment rule, Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986, Court of Appeal (England and Wales), Gross negligence, John Mummery, Jonathan Parker, Kobe, Nick Leeson, Secretary of state, Singapore, The Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, United Kingdom company law, United States corporate law.

Andrew Morritt

Sir Robert Andrew Morritt, CVO (born 5 February 1938), is a former British judge who served as Chancellor of the High Court of England and Wales.

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Barings Bank

Barings Bank was a British merchant bank based in London, and the world's second oldest merchant bank (after Berenberg Bank).

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Business judgment rule

The business judgment rule is a case law-derived doctrine in corporations law that courts defer to the business judgment of corporate executives.

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Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986

The Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 forms part of UK company law and sets out the procedures for company directors to be disqualified in certain cases of misconduct.

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Court of Appeal (England and Wales)

The Court of Appeal (COA, formally "Her Majesty's Court of Appeal in England") is the highest court within the Senior Courts of England and Wales, and second only to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

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Gross negligence

Gross negligence is the "lack of slight diligence or care" or "a conscious, voluntary act or omission in reckless disregard of a legal duty and of the consequences to another party." In some jurisdictions a person injured as a result of gross negligence may be able to recover punitive damages from the person who caused the injury or loss.

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John Mummery

Sir John Frank Mummery DL (born 5 September 1938) is a former Lord Justice of Appeal and is President of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal and member of the Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved in the UK.

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Jonathan Parker

Sir Jonathan Frederic Parker (born December 1937) is a retired British Lord Justice of Appeal.

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Kobe

is the sixth-largest city in Japan and the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture.

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Nick Leeson

Nicholas William "Nick" Leeson (born 25 February 1967) is a former derivatives broker whose fraudulent, unauthorised speculative trading, for which he was sentenced to prison, caused the spectacular collapse of Barings Bank, the United Kingdom's oldest merchant bank.

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Secretary of state

The title secretary of state or state secretary is commonly used for senior or mid-level posts in governments around the world.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia.

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The Delaware Journal of Corporate Law

The Delaware Journal of Corporate Law is Widener University School of Law's corporate law review.

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United Kingdom company law

The United Kingdom company law regulates corporations formed under the Companies Act 2006.

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United States corporate law

United States corporate law regulates the governance, finance and power of corporations in US law.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re_Barings_plc_(No_5)

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