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Lee v Lee's Air Farming Ltd

[1961] AC 12
JurisdictionAustralia
Year1961
Statusunclear

Key Principle

The Privy Council (on appeal from New Zealand, applied in Australia) held that a person can be both a controlling shareholder/director and an employee of the same company; the separate legal personality of the company permits this dual relationship.

Area of Law

company

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Barclay v Penberthy (2012) 246 CLR 258

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