THE COMPANIES ACT 71 OF 2008 DOES NOT OUST THE COMMON-LAW DERIVATIVE ACTION FOR CLOSE CORPORATIONS Naidoo v The Dube Tradeport Corporation [2022] ZASCA 14

Obiter Pub Date : 2024-07-07 DOI:10.17159/obiter.v45i2.19086

Darren Subramanien

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The Companies Act 71 of 2008 (2008 Act) abolished the common-law derivative action for companies; section 165 of the 2008 Act replaced it with the statutory derivative action (Griggs “The Statutory Derivative Action: Lessons That May Be Learnt From the Past!” 2002 University of Western Sydney Law Review par 1.2; Coetzee “A Comparative Analysis of the Derivative Litigation Proceedings Under the Companies Act 61 of 1973 and the Companies Act 71 of 2008” 2010 Acta Juridica 298). The question that remained was what impact this would have on common-law rights for close corporations that had been incorporated before the commencement of the 2008 Act but which have not converted to companies under that Act. The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judgment in Naidoo v The Dube Tradeport Corporation ([2022] ZASCA 1) provides much-needed clarity on the status of the common-law derivative action for close corporations. The case also provides guidance on how a court will assess whether knowledge of information can be imputed to a third party in their dealings with a close corporation.

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2008 年第 71 号《公司法》并未废除关闭公司的普通法衍生诉讼 Naidoo 诉 Dube Tradeport 公司 [2022] ZASCA 14

2008 年第 71 号《公司法》（2008 年法）废除了普通法中的公司派生诉讼；2008 年法第 165 条以法定派生诉讼取而代之（格里格斯："法定派生诉讼：Griggs "The Statutory Derivative Action: Lessons That May Be Learnt From the Past!" 2002 University of Western Sydney Law, pp.2002 年《西悉尼大学法律评论》第 1.2 段；Coetzee "根据 1973 年第 61 号《公司法》和 2008 年第 71 号《公司法》进行衍生诉讼程序的比较分析"，2010 年《法学》第 298 期）。剩下的问题是，这将对在 2008 年《公司法》生效前已成立但尚未根据该法转为公司的紧密型公司的普通法权利产生何种影响。最高上诉法院（SCA）在 Naidoo 诉 The Dube Tradeport Corporation（[2022] ZASCA 1）一案中的判决，为紧密型公司普通法衍生诉讼的地位提供了亟需的明确性。该案还为法院如何评估第三方在与关系密切的公司打交道时是否了解相关信息提供了指导。

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