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company on
the duties set out section
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grounds
company (and the director
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company. Their duties
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·
case
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duty
To Avoid Conflicts of
- diligence required
as such there is
is
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quite low, a
litigation
2
due to closer relationship Interest under this heading
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·
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external and internal,
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behalf
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individual shareholders
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City Equitable Fire Insuran
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·
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Company Ltd
the
out as
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shareholder, then
they will be information opportunities Re Tralee Beef
or and Lamb Ltd
for their benefit
deemed to owe a
duty to them own
Kavanagh v
Delaney
·
It is established Ireland that ·
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in
any
when a is insolvent, the conflict between director's
company
directors to the creditors
owe a
duty duties and their other
There other duties that interests"
general
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