Enforcing the director's statutory duty to act honestly

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Mayanja, James. 1997. "Enforcing the director's statutory duty to act honestly." Australian Journal of Corporate Law. 7 (2), pp. 268-274.
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Enforcing the director's statutory duty to act honestly

ERA Journal ID37186
Article CategoryArticle
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AuthorMayanja, James
Journal TitleAustralian Journal of Corporate Law
Journal Citation7 (2), pp. 268-274
Number of Pages7
Year1997
PublisherLexisNexis Butterworths
Place of PublicationSydney, Australia
ISSN1037-4124
Abstract

The recent NSW Supreme Court decision of Mesenberg v Cord Industrial Recruiters Pty Ltd may have effectively put to rest this statutory initiative in augmenting the competence of private parties, including shareholders to act to prevent certain breaches of the Corporations Law. This is likely to have a significant impact on the enforcement of corporate law generally.

ANZSRC Field of Research 2020480103. Corporations and associations law
500102. Business ethics
350710. Organisational behaviour
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Byline AffiliationsDepartment of Law
Institution of OriginUniversity of Southern Queensland
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