Joint Stock Companies Act 1856

Remedy for improper Entry or Omission of Entry in Register.

XXV. If the Name of any Person is without sufficient Cause entered or omitted to be entered in the Register of Shareholders of any Company, such Person, or any Shareholder of the Company, may, as respects Companies registered in England or Ireland, by Motion in any of Her Majesty’s Superior Courts of Law or Equity, and as respects Companies registered in Scotland by Summary Petition to the Court of Session, apply to such Court for an Order that the Register may be rectified, and the Court may either refuse such Application, with or without Costs, to be paid by the Applicant, or it may, if satisfied of the Justice of the Case, make an Order for the Rectification of the Register, and may direct the Company to pay all the Costs of such Motion or Petition, and any Damages the Party aggrieved may have sustained; and if the Company makes default, or is guilty of unnecessary Delay in registering any Transfer of Shares, they shall be responsible to any Person injured by such Default or Delay for the Amount of Damage he may thereby have sustained.