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Vanis Capital Investments PL (as trustee – Vanis Capital Investment Trust) v Morris [2023] FCA 359

Vanis Capital Investments PL (as trustee – Vanis Capital Investment Trust) v Morris [2023] FCA 359

CORPORATIONS — Oppression — Application by Applicants for interlocutory relief that is tantamount to final relief — Where Court cannot be positively satisfied of standing of shareholders in company to bring claims — Where Court cannot be positively satisfied that First Respondent’s conduct is oppressive — Application refused.

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE — Application by First Respondent for transfer of proceeding to Federal Circuit and Family Court (Division 1) – Where claims in the proceeding before the Federal Court of Australia arise in the context of a broader family dispute between the First Respondent and the Fourth Respondent – Application refused.

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE — Application by Applicants to restrain First Respondent’s application in proceeding before the Federal Circuit and Family Court (Division 1) – Application refused.


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Original article available at: https://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judgments/fca/single/2023/2023fca0359

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