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Supreme Court of Judicature: High Court of Justice, Companies Court: Registers of...
Catalogue reference: J 119
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J 119
These registers of petitions from the companies court give the title of the petition, registered office of the company, names of the petitioners and solicitors acting on their behalf, nature of the application and brief details of the order made...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- J 119
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Title (The name of the record)
- Supreme Court of Judicature: High Court of Justice, Companies Court: Registers of Petitions
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1892-1986
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Description (What the record is about)
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These registers of petitions from the companies court give the title of the petition, registered office of the company, names of the petitioners and solicitors acting on their behalf, nature of the application and brief details of the order made by the court. The registers are kept in two series, 'Winding up' and 'Chancery'. In the first are entered petitions concerning compulsory and voluntary winding up etc and in the second, applications for confirmation of reduction of capital, sanction of schemes of arrangement etc.
Volumes extend only to 1986, when the details they record were computerised.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Supreme Court of Judicature, Chancery Division, 1875-1875
- Supreme Court of Judicature, Companies Court, 1890-1890
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 115 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Trade and commerce
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9727/
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