The decision of Waddington is a welcome one for investors in hedge funds registered in the Cayman Islands, who should now be more comfortable that they may bring a multiple derivative
action against the directors of and service providers to the master fund.
ASIC media releases outline the latest court
actions against directors.
Platt v. Platt Ref: [1999] 2 BCLC 745 (first instance); [2001] 1 BCLC 698 (Court of Appeal) Acted at first instance and on appeal for the successful former shareholders in
an action against a director who purchased their shares on the basis of misrepresentations and / or non-disclosure and / or in breach of his fiduciary duty.
Not exact matches
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Citation Resources has appointed KordaMentha as voluntary administrators, while the oil and gas company continues to pursue recovery of funds through a civil
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Litigation funder IMF Bentham has announced it will fund a shareholder class
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Undisclosed number of «putative class
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And in any case, the U.K. Information Commissioner says it can take
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Rabbi David Saperstein,
director of the Religious
Action Centre of Reform Judaism, also testified, as did the National Council of Churches, the Episcopal Church and a group of evangelical Protestants who signed a statement warning
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ACC managing
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action»
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Southampton's executive
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«Our vision is to be able to take
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On the Maina saga, the labour leader expressed support of labour for the
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Balancing thrilling
action and twisting mystery
against the comedy is one thing, but the manner in which Perez» script and
directors Daley and Goldstein's precise pacing work in concert to escalate the calamity is quite another.
«Galaxy Quest»
director Dean Parisot is the man behind the lens on the sequel to Summit Entertainment's surprise hit adaptation of Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner's Wildstorm miniseries «RED,» the 2010
action - comedy starring Bruce Willis as Frank Moses, a former operative dragged back into the lethal world of killers and spies
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Language: English Genre:
Action / Adventure MPAA rating: PG - 13
Director: Bryan Singer Actors: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stuart, Ian McKellen Plot: Dissent
against mutants is on the rise after an assissination attempt on the President of the United States.
Language: English Genre:
Action / Sci - Fi MPAA rating: R
Director: James McTeigue Actors: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, John Hurt Plot: A terrorist freedom fighter, who fights
against conformity, finds an unsuspecting ally in his fight to free his country.
Language: English Genre:
Action / Drama MPAA rating: R
Director: Akira Kurosawa Actors: Daisuke Ryu, Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao Plot: A lord who is dying, designiates his power to his three sons, two of try and turn
against their father.
Language: English Genre:
Action / Crime MPAA rating: R
Director: Quentin Tarantino Actors: Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox Plot: A woman, who her assasins believe to be dead find that she is alive and try to kill her, while at the same time, she goes after revenge
against them.
Language: English Genre: Drama /
Action MPAA rating: R
Director: Quentin Tarantino Actors: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah Plot: The bride continues her vengeance
against her old «tribe» as she battles her way through them one by one, in which none of them are easy.
Director Sam Miller's thriller No Good Deed will open
against Tim Story's
action comedy Ride Along, starring Kevin Hart, Ice Cube and John Leguizamo.
with Hong Kong
director Johnnie To when he spoke out
against the
actions of the U.S.
Director Joe Wright's film — which tells the origin story of Peter Pan with Hugh Jackman as Blackbeard, Garrett Hedlund as Hook, and Rooney Mara as Tiger Lily — was poised to square off
against Sony's
action - comedy Pixels, the Jake Gyllenhaal - fronted boxing drama Southpaw, and the John Green adaptation Paper Towns on its late July release date.
It's worth pointing out that
director Matthew Cullen is reportedly taking legal
action against the film's producers, claiming that they have significantly distorted his original vision.
Blue is the Warmest Colour
director appears to threaten legal
action against lead actor for slander
Director Sam Mendes keeps the
action moving well, and special mention should go to veteran cinematographer Roger Deakins and the art design team, who stage some beautiful sequences like a smackdown in a Shanghai office building silhouetted
against a huge, changing blue - and - white neon sign.