Coleman v Myers
| Jurisdiction | New Zealand |
| Date | 1977 |
| Court | Court of Appeal |
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71 cases
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Re Equipment Maintenance Ltd
...relation to the particular shareholder or there are facts from which such an obligation arises (see Percival v Wright [1902] 2 Ch 421; Coleman v Myers [1977] 2 NZLR 225; Platt v Platt [1999] 2 B.C.L.C. 745 and Peskin v Anderson [2001] 1 B.C.L.C. 372 ). The directors owe their duty to the......
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Thompson (John) and Janet Thompson v Goblin Hill Hotels Ltd, Mies Investments Ltd, Marvin Goodman and Rosalie Goodman
...Wright [1902] 2 Ch 421 ). However there are times when the law recognises such a duty to individual share holders (see Coleman v Myers [1977] 2 NZLR 225; Platt v Platt [1999] 2 B.C.L.C. 745 and Peskin v Anderson [2001] 1 B.C.L.C. 372 ). For this duty to arise there must be some conduct on t......
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12 books & journal articles
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Companies and Close Corporations
...duties, but thos e duties are owed to the company. 145 1843 2 Hare 461.146 See paras 138–160.147 The court referred to Coleman v Myers [1977] 2 NZLR 225 at 328–330; Brunninghausen v Glavanics [1999] 46 NSWLR 538 at 547–560; Chez Nico (Restaurants) Ltd [1992] BCLC 192.© Juta and Company (Pty......
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Director and Shareholder Liability at Pike River Coal
...Court of Appeal followed Coleman v Myers in deciding that a fiduciary relationship existed between a director and 105 Coleman v Myers [1977] 2 NZLR 225 (CA). 106 The default postion is that directors do not owe a duty to individual shareholders: Percival v Wright [1902] 2 Ch 401. 107 Dairy ......
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MINISTERS, STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AND GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS: THE AGENCY PROBLEM IN PUBLIC SECTOR GOVERNANCE.
...Gas & Petrochemical Co v Multinational Gas & Petrochemical Services Ltd[1983] Ch 258, 272 (May LJ); Coleman v Myers [1977] 2 NZLR 225, 267, 273 (Mahon J); Brunninghausen v Glavanics (1999) 46 NSWLR 538, 546 [40] (Handley JA); Residues Treatment & Trading Co Ltd v Southern Resour......
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THE RATIONALISATION OF DIRECTORS’ DUTIES IN SINGAPORE
...SJLS 33. 130 [1902] 2 Ch 421 (“Percival”). 131 See eg, Percival itself, ibid; Platt v Platt[1999] 2 BCLC 745; cfColeman v Myers[1977] 2 NZLR 225. 132 Cf Nolan, “The Proper Purpose Doctrine and Company Directors” in The Realm of Company Law, supra n 45, at pp 30—35, recognising, however, tha......
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