Companies Act 2007 · As enacted · Part VII · Management and Administration Registered Office
236. Powers of court where leave is granted
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The court may at any time, make any order it thinks fit in relation to any proceedings brought by a shareholder or a director or in which a shareholder or director intervenes, as the case may be, with leave of the court under section 234, and without limiting the generality of the powers conferred under this section, may—
make an order authorising the shareholder or any other person to control the conduct of the proceedings;
give directions for the conduct of the proceedings;
make an order requiring the company or the directors to provide information or assistance in relation to the proceedings; or
make an order directing that any amount ordered to be paid by a defendant in the proceedings shall be paid, in whole or in part, to the former and present shareholders of the company or subsidiary, instead of to the company or to the subsidiary, as the case may be.
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Part X
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