16 April 2010
Hilmi & Associates Ltd v 20 Pembridge Villas Freehold Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 314, [2010] All ER (D) 279 (Mar)
Section 36A of the Companies Act 1989 (since repealed) had prescribed how a company registered under the Companies Act could itself sign a document which was required for a formal legal purpose. A notice attempting to exercise a statutory right to acquire the freehold of a property pursuant to s 13 or s 42 of the Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 was such a document.
