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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION)
ON APPEAL FROM THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
CHANCERY DIVISION
(Mr Justice Blackburne)
Strand London WC2 Wednesday 10th July, 2002 |
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B e f o r e :
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(1) HALIFAX PLC | ||
(2) HALIFAX MORTGAGE SERVICES LIMITED | ||
(3) HALIFAX LOANS PLC | ||
(4) HALIFAX ASSET FINANCE LIMITED | ||
(5) HALIFAX LEASING (MARCH) LIMITED | ||
(6) HALIFAX LEASING (JUNE) LIMITED | ||
(7) HALIFAX LEASING (SEPTEMBER) LIMITED | Claimants/Respondents | |
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(1) HALIFAX REPOSSESSIONS LIMITED | ||
(2) HALIFAX SECOND MORTGAGES LIMITED | ||
(3) HALIFAX BUSINESS FINANCE LIMITED | ||
(4) MOTILALL PRAKASH GOPEE | ||
(5) ANURADHA DEVI PRAKASH GOPEE | ||
(6) DHARAM PRAKASH GOPEE | Defendants/Applicants |
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"Today the children's father, east London businessman Dharam Prakash Gopee, told the Evening Standard why he put his children in charge of a home loans business, even though they are still in primary school.
Smiling, Mr Gopee said: `I wanted to encourage them to follow in my footsteps as successful entrepreneurs. It is perfectly legal for my children to be directors of companies and I hope it will encourage them to become successful business people.
`They take an active part in running the companies, but of course I am here to offer them assistance and training.
`People may think it unusual, but think of how much more life experience they have compared to other children in their classroom. They are in the lending business and business is booming. People are queuing up to use our services - the only problem we have is finding more capital to expand.'"
"Mr Gopee said the young financiers, who are to represent themselves and their companies in court, would deny the claims. ...
`Their defence will be that the companies were all off the shelf and are not associated with the Halifax Bank. My son and daughter deal with repossessions and second mortgages - which are not things that Halifax does so there is no conflict and they are not using the name to deceive clients."