Corporate claims against director for paying bribes on company's behalf: Ho Kang Peng v Scintronix (formerly TTL Holdings)

Can a company recover the value of the bribe from a director who has paid the bribe, on behalf of the company, to a third party to secure certain benefits for the company, and where it is not alleged that the director had personally benefitted from the bribe? This question raises several complex iss...

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spelling sg-smu-ink.sol_research-47812018-12-17T08:29:17Z Corporate claims against director for paying bribes on company's behalf: Ho Kang Peng v Scintronix (formerly TTL Holdings) WAN, Wai Yee Can a company recover the value of the bribe from a director who has paid the bribe, on behalf of the company, to a third party to secure certain benefits for the company, and where it is not alleged that the director had personally benefitted from the bribe? This question raises several complex issues relating to directors’ standard of care, corporate authorisation and corporate illegality, which were considered by the recent decision of the Singapore Court of Appeal in Ho Kang Peng v Scintronix Corp (formerly known as TTL Holdings). 2014-11-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2823 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/4781/viewcontent/CORPORATE_CLAIMS_AGAINST_DIRECTOR_FOR_PAYING_BRIBES_LMCLQ_pv.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Company law bribe directors' duties illegality authorisation Asian Studies Business Organizations Law Commercial Law
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topic Company law
bribe
directors' duties
illegality
authorisation
Asian Studies
Business Organizations Law
Commercial Law
spellingShingle Company law
bribe
directors' duties
illegality
authorisation
Asian Studies
Business Organizations Law
Commercial Law
WAN, Wai Yee
Corporate claims against director for paying bribes on company's behalf: Ho Kang Peng v Scintronix (formerly TTL Holdings)
description Can a company recover the value of the bribe from a director who has paid the bribe, on behalf of the company, to a third party to secure certain benefits for the company, and where it is not alleged that the director had personally benefitted from the bribe? This question raises several complex issues relating to directors’ standard of care, corporate authorisation and corporate illegality, which were considered by the recent decision of the Singapore Court of Appeal in Ho Kang Peng v Scintronix Corp (formerly known as TTL Holdings).
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author WAN, Wai Yee
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title Corporate claims against director for paying bribes on company's behalf: Ho Kang Peng v Scintronix (formerly TTL Holdings)
title_short Corporate claims against director for paying bribes on company's behalf: Ho Kang Peng v Scintronix (formerly TTL Holdings)
title_full Corporate claims against director for paying bribes on company's behalf: Ho Kang Peng v Scintronix (formerly TTL Holdings)
title_fullStr Corporate claims against director for paying bribes on company's behalf: Ho Kang Peng v Scintronix (formerly TTL Holdings)
title_full_unstemmed Corporate claims against director for paying bribes on company's behalf: Ho Kang Peng v Scintronix (formerly TTL Holdings)
title_sort corporate claims against director for paying bribes on company's behalf: ho kang peng v scintronix (formerly ttl holdings)
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2014
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2823
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