Gerard v Worth of Paris Ltd    Companies – Members’ voluntary winding up – Judgment against liquidator for wrongful
dismissal of employee – Garnishee order on liquidators bank account – Companies Act 1929
(c 23), ss 172, 174, 246–255.
A company went into liquidation under a resolution for a member’s voluntary winding up.
The liquidator summarily discharged its manageress, who sued the company for wrongful
dismissal and obtained judgment in default of defence. She applied for a garnishee order on a
bank account in the name of the liquidator. There was no evidence of any other claims on the
company. The master refused to make the order absolute, but the judge in chambers reversed
his decision. The liquidator appealed:—