NSW Caselaw
47 ACSR 1 Reported Decision : 57 NSWLR 718 (2003) 21 ACLC 1978
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : Massey & Anor. v. Wales & Ors; Massey & Anor. v. Cooney & Anor. [2003] NSWCA 212 HEARING DATE(S) : 7 May 2003 and 27 June 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 4 August 2003
JUDGMENT OF : Meagher JA at 1; Beazley JA at 2; Hodgson JA at 3 DECISION : 1. Leave to appeal granted. 2. Direct filing of Notice of Appeal within 14 days. 3. Appeal dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS : CORPORATIONS - Management - Deadlock of board of directors - Reserve powers of general meeting - Whether general meeting can authorise commencement of legal proceedings. LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Act 2001 ss.236-7, 239, 1322 Alexander Ward & Co. Ltd. v. Samyang Navigation Co. Ltd. [1975] 1 WLR 673 Automatic Self-Cleansing Filter Syndicate Co. Ltd. v. Cunninghame [1906] 2 Ch. 34 Barron v. Potter [1914] 1 Ch. 895 Danish Mercantile Co. Ltd. v. Beaumont [1951] 1 Ch. 680 Danish Mercantile Co. Ltd. v. Beaumont [1951] 1 Ch. 680 Entsch v. Mr. Crocodile Pty. Ltd. (1990) 3 ACSR 720 Foster v. Foster [1916] 1 Ch. 532 CASES CITED : Gramophone and Typewriter Ltd. v. Stanley [1908] 2 KB 89 Isle of Wight Railway Co. v. Tahourdin (1883) 25 Ch.D. 332 Kinsela v. Russell Kinsela Pty. Ltd. (In Liq) (1986) 4 NSWLR 722 Kraus v J.G. Lloyd Pty. Ltd. [1965] VR 232 Marsall's Valve Gear Co. Ltd. v. Manning Wardle & Co. Ltd. [1909] 1 Ch. 267 Poliwka v. Heven Holdings Pty. Ltd. (1992) 6 WAR 505 Quin v. Astens Ltd. v. Salmon [1909] AC 442 Victoria Teachers Credit Union Ltd. v. KPMG [2001] 1 VR 654 Winthrop Investments Ltd. v. Winns Ltd. [1975] 2 NSWLR 666 Daniel Massey and Marion Bailey t/as Massey Bailey, Solicitors & Consultants - claimants John Andrew Wales - 1st opponent Downunder Pty. Ltd. - 2nd opponent Eli Barel - 3rd opponent PARTIES : Damiz Pty. Limited - 4th opponent Isaac Barel - 5th opponent Dennis Cooney - 6th opponent Zimmerman Holdings Pty. Ltd. (In Liq) - 7th opponent Yaqob Rajwan - 8th opponent Baruch Rajwan - 9th opponent FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40521/02 and CA40794/02 Mr. J. Gleeson SC with Mr. P. Walsh for claimants COUNSEL : Mr. S. Gibb SC for 1st-5th opponents Mr. D. Williams with Mr. I. Griseti for 6th opponent Mr. J. Darvall for Mr. Cooney Turtons, Sydney for claimants SOLICITORS : McClellands, Sydney for 1st-5th opponents Riley Gray-Spencer for 6th opponent Ashlars, Sydney for Mr. Cooney
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