NSW Caselaw
(2001) 29 ACSR 519 Reported Decision : [2001] NSWSC 915 [2001] ACL Rep 120 NSW 133 (2002) 20 ACLC 396
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Hopkins v Foyster [2001] NSWSC 915 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 5047/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 12/10/01 JUDGMENT DATE : 12 October 2001
PARTIES : Hopkins Professional Services Pty Limited & 3 Ors - Plaintiffs Foyster Holdings Pty Limited & 14 Ors - Defendants JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J
COUNSEL : Mr J.B. Simpkins SC - Plaintiffs Ex parte SOLICITORS : Thompson Eslick - Plaintiffs CATCHWORDS : CORPORATIONS - meeting of members - several objects of meeting confided by constitution and replaceable rules to board of directors - casting of shareholders' votes in favour of certain resolutions arguably in breach of contract - not appropriate in this case to await outcome of meeting - orders restraining voting granted LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Act Automatic Self-Cleansing Filter Syndicate Company Limited v Cunninghame [1906] 2 Ch 34 Gramophone & Typewriter Limited vStanley [1908] 2 KB 89 Turner v Berner [1978] 1 NSWLR 66 CASES CITED : NRMA Limited v Parker (1986) 6 NSWLR 517 Uniting Church of Australia Property Trust (NSW) v Macquarie Radio Network Pty Ltd (1997) 24 ACSR 721 Second Consolidated Trust Limited v Ceylon Amalgamated Tea & Rubber Estates Ltd [1943] 2 All ER 567 Carr Boyd Minerals Ltd v Ashton Mining Ltd (1989) 15 ACLR 599 Re Medefield Pty Ltd (1977) 2 ACLR 406 DECISION : Ex parte orders granted.
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