Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Discovery Africa Limited v Sunbreaker Holdings Pty Ltd [2014] FCA 327 Citation: Discovery Africa Limited v Sunbreaker Holdings Pty Ltd [2014] FCA 327
Parties: DISCOVERY AFRICA LIMITED (ACN 147 324 847) v SUNBREAKER HOLDINGS PTY LTD (ACN 083 988 934), PETER HUGH LLOYD, PETER JAMES AVERY and DAWESVILLE NOMINEES PTY LTD (ACN 076 750 564)
File number: VID 178 of 2014
Judge: GORDON J
Date of judgment: 2 April 2014
Catchwords: CORPORATIONS – Injunctions – Shareholders – Shares – Application to defer general meeting of shareholders – alleged misleading and deceptive conduct – collateral contract about composition of board
Legislation: Australian Securities and Investments Commission Regulations 2001 (Cth) Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)
Cases cited: Australian Broadcasting Corporation v O'Neill (2006) 227 CLR 57 Carr Boyd Minerals Ltd v Ashton Mining Ltd (1989) 15 ACLR 599 Gates v City Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd (1986) 160 CLR 1 Hopkins Professional Services Pty Ltd v Foyster Holdings Pty Ltd (2001) 39 ACSR 519 Maybury v Atlantic Union Oil Company Limited (1953) 89 CLR 507 McMahon v National Foods Milk Limited (2009) 259 ALR 20
Date of hearing: 31 March 2014
Date of last submissions: 31 March 2014
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