Wentworth v Woollahra Municipal Council
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Neutral Citation | 1982-0803 HCA B,[1982] HCA 41,1982-1028 HCA B |
| Year | 1982 |
| Date | 1982 |
| Court | High Court |
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Expansion of personal liability of directors
...refused on discretionary grounds. The court cited with approval the principle established in Wentworth v Woollahra Municipal Council (1982) 42 ALR 69 that a discretionary defence to a claim for equitable relief, such as injunction, cannot operate as a defence to a claim for common law damag......
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Creditor's right to an injunction or damages under section 1324 of the Corporations Act
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2 books & journal articles
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Of Kings and Officers — The Judicial Development of Public Law
..._____________________________________________________________________________________ 296 Wentworth v Woollahra Municipal Council (1982) 149 CLR 672; Finn, above n 67. However, such a plaintiff can obtain declarations and injunctions: see below. 297 See Three Rivers DC v Bank of England [20......
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Termination of Appointments to Public Offices
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