City University of Hong Kong School of Law LW3902 The Law Relating to Companies Mid-Semester Coursework Assignment Semester B‚ 2012/2013 Instructions to Students: 1. The assignment is worth 50% of the overall mark for this course. The total word limit is 1‚500 words‚ excluding footnotes and bibliography. You must do a word count and indicate the number of words on the cover page. If a paper exceeds the allowable word limit‚ only the first 1‚500 words will be read and marked. 2. Your answers must
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Question 1 James runs a single director proprietary company called Jamboos Pty Ltd a) Explain the rules that Jamboos must operate under and James’ powers under the Corporations Act. In Corporations Act‚ S198E‚ 201F and 202C contain certain provisions that govern the operation of single director companies. These provisions apply whether or not the single shareholder company has adopted a constitution which include: The director may appoint another director by recording the appointment and signing
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UNITED INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE COMPANY LAW 2014 WEEKLY ASSIGNMENT 5 ANSWER Introduction The instant case concerns meetings and resolutions. The central issues are: 1. Was the board meeting of December 31‚ 2013 validly held? 2. Was the resolution passed at that meeting a valid one? 3. What should Bud do to convene an extraordinary general meeting? Board Meeting of December 31‚ 2013 At the outset‚ it must be emphasized that the validity of a meeting hinges on a number of factors: 1. whether
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1. (A) : Agent: An agent stands in a fiduciary relationship with the principal. According to Doolan (1981)‚ an agent must not allow a situation to occur duty to the principal conflicts with personal interest and he/she must act in good faith also. As has been argued‚ Doolan (1981) states that an agent is authorized by the principal to perform certain acts‚ for and on behlaf of the principal. According to Doolan (1981)‚ an agent is never required to perform an illegal act. The agent is not liable
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under the law this contract was not valid. Steve the salesperson was completely liable under the law for entering a contract with an underage minor. As a car company representative there is protocol which must be used when entering into any contract and a major part of protocol is to ensure that both parties are of legal age at the time of sale. Another possibility that may be a remedy for this situation is for Car Company to take legal action against Jeff‟s legal guardians. Under the law any minor
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Mount Crest University College Course: Company Law Intake 2 Weekend Assignment Naa Amerley Quaye (B12010042) QUES: Yentua Company Ltd. was incorporated on 10th June‚ 2010. Its objects are construction and civil engineering works. It now wants to obtain a certificate from the Registrar in order to start working. What information should it present to the Registrar before it can be issued with this certificate? There are legal rules governing the commencement
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Issue: Whether directors of ABC Bhd had breach their duty as directors. Whether ABC Bhd can persue their claim against any other party related to ABC Bhd. Law: S.4(1) Company Act 1965 (CA1965) states that director includes any person occupying the position of director of a corporation by whatever name called and includes a person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors of a corporation are accustomed to act and an alternate of substitute director. For example‚ in the case
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before leaving.”- Stacy Keibler. The general argument of this paper supports that when it comes to working out and losing weight quickly cardiovascular training is preferred over lifting weights. Studies show that when people that are overweight or generally just want to work out they use cardiovascular training over lifting weights. This point is proven when it comes to a question and answer with a trainer and he explains the importance of cardiovascular fitness which is cited below. The counterargument
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with the company. The articles of association are the primary source of the provisions determining these internal relationships‚ and they will form the basis of this question and also be combined with aspects of directors’ duties‚ variation of class rights and s459 of the Companies Act 1985. I will split the issues that arise in this question into two parts. The first part would be to deal with Sheila‚ and to establish whether she can prevent the alteration of the objects of the company. The second
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which the Court can order that a company be wound up compulsorily. B.H McPherson defines winding-up as a process whereby the assets of a company are collected and realised‚ the resulting proceeds are applied in discharging all its debts and liabilities‚ and any balance which remained after paying the cost and expense of winding-up is distributed among the members according to their rights and interests or otherwise dealt with as the constitution of the company directs. S213 of the 1963 Act sections
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