The Privy Council has dismissed two connected appeals in Manhattan Coffee Investment Holding (in liquidation) v Stephen Mbugua Mwagiru [2026] UKPC 21, clarifying the circumstances in which a person other than a liquidator may be authorised to bring or continue proceedings in the name of a company in liquidation. The judgement, delivered on 14 May 2026 by Lord Richards, confirms that a director who is neither a creditor nor a contributory has no standing to seek such authority, regardless of remaining formally in office.
Manhattan Coffee Investment Holding, incorporated in Mauritius, had in 2017 lodged a claim seeking annulment of share issues that had allegedly diluted its stakes in two subsidiary holding companies from majority to…