Talk:North Cornwall Railway

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Can someone help with the issue of purchasing the Bodmin & Wadebridge "illegally"? The usual terminology is "without parliamentary authority" which is not quite as high-profile. If we are going to say "illegally" we ought to say in what way it was illegal. Was there a specific prohibition on it? Or was it just a general Companies Act rule about buying another company's shares? Was it a prohibition specific to the railway industry, or would it have applied equally if it had been grocery companies involved? Sorry to be asking questions but I can't lay my hands on a copy of Roche's book. 80.6.20.72 11:40, 8 October 2007 (UTC)