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Pang Yong Hock v PKT Consultants Pte Ltd

[2004] 3 SLR(R) 244
JurisdictionSingapore
CourtSingapore Court of Appeal
Year2004
StatusBinding authority

Summary

Leave for a statutory derivative action requires the applicant to establish good faith and that the action is prima facie in the company's interests.

Key Principle

leave for statutory derivative action; applicant must establish good faith and that action is prima facie in the company's interest

Area of Law

company

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