ABSTRACT
R v Registrar of Companies ex p Attorney General (1991) Ms Lindi St Clair set up a company through which to carry out her trade as a prostitute. She had applied for registration of this company under the names ‘Prostitutes Ltd’, ‘Hookers Ltd’, and ‘Lindi St Clair (French Lessons) Ltd’ all of which were rejected by the Registrar of Companies. Eventually the company was registered with the name ‘Lindi St Clair (Personal Services) Ltd’. The Attorney General brought an action to challenge the registration of the company on the grounds that its purposes were unlawful.
