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The reflective loss principle in South African company law
Mini Dissertation (LLM (Corporate Law))--University of Pretoria, 2023.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/94340 The reflective loss principle in South African company law Ngoepe, Tshepiso u29302596@tuks.co.za Mokwena, Ellena M UCTD Reflective loss South Africa Company law Pure economic loss South African company law Shareholders Mini Dissertation (LLM (Corporate Law))--University of Pretoria, 2023. The DTI, in the Guidelines, expressed a desire that South Africa begin to expand its company law principles beyond the heavy English law influence from which it originates. Section 5(2) of the Companies Act explicitly authorises a court to take cognisance of the principles of foreign company law. The principle of reflective loss in South Africa derives from English law. South Africa has also enacted statutory provisions that impact the application of the principle of reflective loss. It is important to distinguish between cases where claimants are permitted to claim against directors for personal losses arising from directors’ actions, and that fall within the categories where claiming for reflective loss is not permitted. Recent case law has confirmed the common law position that a shareholder has no cause of action where the actions of the company directors cause personal damages to the shareholder Mercantile Law LLM (Corporate Law) Unrestricted Faculty of Laws SDG-16:Peace,justice and strong institutions 2024-02-06T12:24:11Z 2024-02-06T12:24:11Z 2024-04 2023 Mini Dissertation * A2024 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/94340 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.25117055 en © 2023 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Reflective loss South Africa Company law Pure economic loss South African company law Shareholders The reflective loss principle in South African company law |
| title | The reflective loss principle in South African company law |
| title_full | The reflective loss principle in South African company law |
| title_fullStr | The reflective loss principle in South African company law |
| title_full_unstemmed | The reflective loss principle in South African company law |
| title_short | The reflective loss principle in South African company law |
| title_sort | reflective loss principle in south african company law |
| topic | UCTD Reflective loss South Africa Company law Pure economic loss South African company law Shareholders |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/94340 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.25117055 |