NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 69 ACSR 106
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Multitecfbm (Asia Pacific) Pty Ltd v Seong Myeon (Chris) Han & Anor [2008] NSWSC 1339
HEARING DATE(S) : 5 December 2008
JUDGMENT DATE : 12 December 2008
JUDGMENT OF : Sackville AJ
ORDERS DECISION : 1. The matters for separate determination identified in the orders made on 24 January 2008 be determined in favour of the plaintiff. 2. The defendants' motion filed on 27 November 2008 be dismissed. 3. The defendants pay the plaintiff's costs of the matters for separate determination and of the motion filed on 27 November 2008.
CATCHWORDS : SOLICITORS – instructions given on behalf of a corporation by a disqualified person – whether retainer invalid – whether retainer satisfied by a subsequent directors' resolution. - ILLEGALITY – whether proceedings against a former employee of a corporation are "tainted" because instructions were given by a disqualified person allegedly in breach of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) – whether breach established – whether legislation prohibits the institution or maintenance of the proceedings
Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) s 206A LEGISLATION CITED : Criminal Code 1995 (Cth) s 11.2 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) s140 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) r 28.2
Danish Mercantile Co Ltd v Beaumont [1951] Ch 680 Director General of Department of Community Services; Re Sophie [2008] NSWCA 250 Fitzgerald v FJ Leonhart Pty Ltd [1997] HCA 17; 189 CLR 215 Hamilton v Whitehead [1988] HCA 65; (1988) 166 CLR 121 Harry S Bagg's Liquidation Warehouse Pty Ltd v Whittaker (1982) 44 NSWLR 421 CASES CITED : Hawkesford v Hawkesford [2005] NSWSC 463 Hillig v Darkinjung Pty Ltd (No 2) [2008] NSWCA 147 Mallan v Lee [1949] HCA 48; 80 CLR 198 Nelson v Nelson [1995] HCA 25; 185 CLR 538 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority [1998] HCA 28; 194 CLR 355 R v Goldie; Ex parte Picklum [1937] HCA 65; 59 CLR 254 Yango Pastoral Company Pty Ltd v First Chicago Australia Ltd [1978] HCA 42; 139 CLR 410
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