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prasanna kumar s
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21 March 2015
meaning of indoor management and alter ego
22 March 2015
DOCTRINE OF INDOOR MANAGEMENT:
According to this doctrine, as laid down in Royal British Bank v. Turquand, (1856) 119 E.R. 886, persons dealing with a company having satisfied themselves that the proposed transaction is not in its nature inconsistent with the memorandum and articles, are not bound to inquire the regularity of any internal proceedings. In other words, while persons contracting with a company are presumed to know the provisions of the contents of the memorandum and articles, they are entitled to assume that the provisions of the articles have been observed by the officers of the company. It is no part of the duty of an outsider to see that the company carries out its own internal regulations.
According to this doctrine, as laid down in Royal British Bank v. Turquand, (1856) 119 E.R. 886, persons dealing with a company having satisfied themselves that the proposed transaction is not in its nature inconsistent with the memorandum and articles, are not bound to inquire the regularity of any internal proceedings. In other words, while persons contracting with a company are presumed to know the provisions of the contents of the memorandum and articles, they are entitled to assume that the provisions of the articles have been observed by the officers of the company. It is no part of the duty of an outsider to see that the company carries out its own internal regulations.
22 March 2015
DOCTRINE OF ALTER EGO:
It is used by the courts to ignore the status of shareholders, officers, and directors of a company in reference to their liability in their respective capacity so that they may be held personally liable for their actions when they have acted fraudulently or unjustly.
In Lennards Carying Co. Ltd. v. Asiatic Petroleum Co. Ltd. [1915] AC 705, Viscount Haldane propounded the “alter ego” theory and distinguished it from vicarious liability. The House of Lords stated that the default of the managing director who is the “directing mind and will” of the company, would be attributed to him and he be held for the wrong doing of the company.
It is used by the courts to ignore the status of shareholders, officers, and directors of a company in reference to their liability in their respective capacity so that they may be held personally liable for their actions when they have acted fraudulently or unjustly.
In Lennards Carying Co. Ltd. v. Asiatic Petroleum Co. Ltd. [1915] AC 705, Viscount Haldane propounded the “alter ego” theory and distinguished it from vicarious liability. The House of Lords stated that the default of the managing director who is the “directing mind and will” of the company, would be attributed to him and he be held for the wrong doing of the company.
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