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The High Court has handed down its judgment in a preliminary issues trial in Yodel Delivery Network Ltd v Corlett & Ors on 19 December 2025, dismissing counterclaims by Shift Global Holdings Ltd (Shift) and Corja Holdings Ltd (Corja) for specific performance of purported share warrant rights, which they had said entitled them to more than 54% of Yodel’s issued share capital in the battle for control of the home delivery company.
CASE BRIEF
Case Name: Sri Lakshmi Hotel Pvt. Limited & Anr vs Sriram City Union Finance Ltd & Anr.
Case No.: Civil Appeal No. 13785 of 2025
Citation: 2025 INSC 1327
Court: Hon’ble Supreme Court of India.
Coram: Hon’ble Mr. Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Hon’ble Mr. Justice, K.V. Viswanathan
Date: 18 November 2025
1. FACTUAL MATRIX
In the recent case of Mitchell and another (Joint Liquidators of MBI International & Partners Inc (In Liquidation)) v Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber [2025] UKSC 43, the UK Supreme Court clarified the scope of fiduciary duties owed by directors and controllers of companies following the commencement of liquidation. The Court determined that a director whose statutory powers have ceased may still owe fiduciary duties if he purports to exercise authority over the company’s assets and intermeddles with them dishonestly.
ARBITRATION
Date: 09 December, 2025
Case Name: Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. v. BCL Secure Premises Pvt. Ltd. Civil Appeal No. 14647 of 2025
Forum: Supreme Court
核心要点
在Novabrite Lighting Sdn Bhd v Emrail Sdn Bhd（Balaranee Construction，介入人）[2025] 11 MLJ 275一案中，高庭明确表示，法庭不会允许欠债人以司法管理作为战术手段，来阻挠债权人执行行动，而非真诚地推进公司重整。高庭以滥用诉讼程序为由驳回司法管理申请，并认可债权人在司法管理触动自动暂缓令期间提交的清盘申请，同时作出把关令，规定日后任何新的司法管理申请均须先取得法庭许可方可提出。
此外，高庭亦强调《2016年公司法》下的法定前置条件必须被严格遵守；反复依赖自动暂缓令本身亦可能构成滥用诉讼程序，并且法院将主动干预, 即便是自行行使职权（ex proprio motu），以防司法管理机制被“武器化”对付债权人。
A. 背景事实
Balaranee Construction 是 Emrail Sdn Bhd 的无担保债权人，其债权来源于未支付的劳务费用。当Emrail 未能按约定还款后，Balaranee 发出了法定通知，并随后提呈清盘申请。
Considering Company Liquidation in Poland?
The Supreme Court of New South Wales has clarified the circumstances in which a liquidator may recover deposit funds paid to a third party and the extent to which a counterparty may rely on the good-faith defence under section 588FG of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).