Helen Palsgraf‚ Respondent‚ v. The Long Island Railroad Company‚ Appellant [NO NUMBER IN ORIGINAL] Court of Appeals of New York 248 N.Y. 339; 162 N.E. 99; 1928 N.Y. LEXIS 1269; 59 A.L.R. 1253 February 24‚ 1928‚ Argued May 29‚ 1928‚ Decided Facts: The plaintiff Helen Palsgraf was standing at the platform station of Long Island Railroad Company after buying her ticket and waiting for her train. Suddenly‚ a man carrying a package rushed to catch another train that was moving away from the platform
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Faculty of Business and Management BBUS2103 Company Law January 2013 Companies Act 1965 Section 181: Member’s Remedy Name: Mohd Afiq bin Sahar NRIC No: 871226-43-5677 Matric No: 871226435677001 Pages 1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………….3 2. Example of oppressive‚ disregard of members’ interest and unfairly prejudicial or unfairly discriminatory conduct………………………………………5 Diversion of corporate assets or opportunity………………………………...5 Diversion of profits.…………………………………………………………
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personality Registration at Companies House Limited liability Salomon • Issues arising from separate‚ artificial legal personality A. PROMOTERS • Background • Definition - no statutory definition - 2 common law definitions • Twycross v Grant (1877) 2 CPD – someone who “undertakes to form a company with reference to a given project‚ and to set it going and… takes the necessary steps to accomplish that purpose” (Cockburn CJ) • Whaley Bridge Calico Printing Co v Green (1880) 5 QBD
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Running head: Erin Brockovich‚ Andersen v. Pacific Erin Brockovich Anderson‚ et al v. Pacific Gas & Electric Company‚ Superior Court for the County of San Bernardino‚ Barstow Division‚ File BCV 00300 (1993) Christine K. Horold Strayer University Abstract The movie Erin Brockovich (2000) depicts one of the most recognized cases of toxic tort cases in the United States. According to an article in Entertainment Editors “a toxic tort is a special type of personal injury lawsuit in which the
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Power Annual Report 2011-12 Profile Reliance Power Limited (RPower) is a part of the Reliance Group‚ one of the leading business houses in India. RPower is engaged in the development and construction of one of the largest portfolio of power generation projects in India. RPower is presently operating 1‚540 MW of power capacity. RPower also has the largest captive coal reserves in the private sector in India‚ besides owning coal mines in Indonesia. Our projects are diverse in geographic location
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Explain why Richard Duke of Gloucester made himself King in 1483? England in mid-1483 was an unstable and dangerous place. The King‚ Edward IV‚ had died‚ and turmoil raged as to who was to be his sons‚ King Edward V’s Protector and rule as Regent until the King was old enough to rule by himself. Richard Plantagenet‚ Duke of Gloucester and Uncle to Edward V‚ became a contender for this right and eventually surpassed this ambition to rule as Regent and instead became King in his own right. There are
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P1: OTA c01 JWBK501-Kettell May 30‚ 2011 12:46 Printer: Yet to come 1 Case Study 1: Ijara Contract 1.1 LEARNING OUTCOMES After working through Case Study 1 you should be able to do the following: PY R IG HT ED MA TE RI AL r Define the Ijara contract. r Define the Ijara wa Iqtina contract. r Distinguish a conventional loan from Ijara. r Describe the elements of an Ijara transaction. r Contrast Ijara with the other modes of Islamic finance. r Identify
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Introduction The issues in the case of ‘Hawthorn Blood Supplies Co Ltd’‚ which is a listed company on Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)‚ are concerned protection of shareholder’s and creditor’s interests. We will identify possible legal issues in the relation to the Corporation Act 2001 and discuss whether they have been any breaches of relevant common law rules and statutory provisions in relation to ‘capital maintenance’‚ ‘share buy-backs’‚ financial assistance’ and ‘payment of dividends’.
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issue of a company buying back its shares has moved beyond the realm of abstract discussion among academicians and into the real world of corporate controversies. The endeavour should be to provide one with an overview of the concept of ‘buy-back’ of shares‚ the ensuing debate and some recommendations. Understanding the Concept In law‚ a company being a separate legal personality is capable of buying and holding property in its own name. a corollary to this privilege would be that a company could buy
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Facts: Mick‚ Keith‚ Charlie‚ Bill and Brian were directors and equal shareholder of Big Lips Music Pty Ltd. Brian resigned his directorship as a result of differences with Mick‚ Keith‚ Bill and Charlie. The others wanted to get rid of Brian as a shareholder. However‚ Brian told them that he would never sell his shares in Big Lips Music. A general meeting of Big Lips Music’s shareholders is called at which there is a motion to insert a new clause in the company’s constitution that gives Mick
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