Ratification of directors' breaches of duty : problems, perspectives and scope for reform / S. T. Lingam

The ability of the company to avoid transactions made by directors in breach of their duties as well as its ability to make the wrongdoing directors personally liable to it for such breach may be hindered where there has been a "ratification" of such breach. This article seeks to highlight...

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Main Author: T. Lingam, S.
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Administratron and Law 2001
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11825/
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description The ability of the company to avoid transactions made by directors in breach of their duties as well as its ability to make the wrongdoing directors personally liable to it for such breach may be hindered where there has been a "ratification" of such breach. This article seeks to highlight the problems associated with the present legal position regarding ratification of a director's breach of duty and to suggest possible reforms taking into account developments in other common law jurisdictions.
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spelling uitm-118252016-06-03T08:05:26Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11825/ Ratification of directors' breaches of duty : problems, perspectives and scope for reform / S. T. Lingam T. Lingam, S. Jurisprudence. Philosophy and theory of law The ability of the company to avoid transactions made by directors in breach of their duties as well as its ability to make the wrongdoing directors personally liable to it for such breach may be hindered where there has been a "ratification" of such breach. This article seeks to highlight the problems associated with the present legal position regarding ratification of a director's breach of duty and to suggest possible reforms taking into account developments in other common law jurisdictions. Faculty of Administratron and Law 2001 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11825/1/AJ_S.T.%20LINGAM%20LAW%2001.pdf T. Lingam, S. (2001) Ratification of directors' breaches of duty : problems, perspectives and scope for reform / S. T. Lingam. (2001) UiTM Law Review <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/UiTM_Law_Review.html>, 1. pp. 103-118. ISSN 1511-9068
spellingShingle Jurisprudence. Philosophy and theory of law
T. Lingam, S.
Ratification of directors' breaches of duty : problems, perspectives and scope for reform / S. T. Lingam
title Ratification of directors' breaches of duty : problems, perspectives and scope for reform / S. T. Lingam
title_full Ratification of directors' breaches of duty : problems, perspectives and scope for reform / S. T. Lingam
title_fullStr Ratification of directors' breaches of duty : problems, perspectives and scope for reform / S. T. Lingam
title_full_unstemmed Ratification of directors' breaches of duty : problems, perspectives and scope for reform / S. T. Lingam
title_short Ratification of directors' breaches of duty : problems, perspectives and scope for reform / S. T. Lingam
title_sort ratification of directors' breaches of duty : problems, perspectives and scope for reform / s. t. lingam
topic Jurisprudence. Philosophy and theory of law
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11825/