The Company Names Tribunal

The Tribunal deals with applications (complaints) made under sections 69(1)(a) and (b) of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the Act’).

This provision of the Act provides a remedy for parties who are aggrieved by the registration of a company name in which they have a goodwill/reputation; in particular, where the company name has been registered to take advantage of this goodwill/reputation to extract money or to prevent the aggrieved party from registering the name.