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Vita Health Laboratories Pte Ltd v Pang Meng Seng

[2004] SGHC 158; [2004] 4 SLR(R) 162 (Vita Health Laboratories Pte Ltd and others v Pang Seng Meng)
JurisdictionSingapore
CourtHigh Court of Singapore
Year2004
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A director must equip himself with sufficient knowledge to monitor and supervise the company's affairs and is not a 'mere sentinel who occasionally dozes off at his post'; limited liability does not divorce directors from legal responsibility for their conduct of corporate powers.

Area of Law

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