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High Court declines to declare void and of no effect transfers of shareholding between parties to shareholders' agreement following issues of enmity and ill health on the part of certain shareholders, on the grounds that: the omission of one party as a permitted transferee in the agreement was an inadvertent omission or drafting error which does not materially effect the efficacy or sufficiency of the transfer; and the balance of the injunctive reliefs sought by the plaintiff are now unnecessary given the nuanced consents provided by the defendants and the reversal of the first transfer since the issuance of the proceedings renders that initial transfer now moot.
Company law - validity of transfer of shares - transfer reversed after issue of proceedings - governing agreement between parties - private limited companies - proportion of shareholding between parties - 'restricted transactions' and 'permitted transfers' under agreement - amendment and waiver of shareholding agreement - genesis of share transfer - shareholders' meeting - majority in favour of proposed transfer - proposed structure of transfer - share purchase agreement - whether original transfer permitted by shareholding agreement clause - whether transactions purported to assign or novate loans rather than repay loans and advance a new loan in accordance with agreement clause - plaintiff's consent never sought - court's adjudication on validity of transfers - whether initial transfer moot - board members' queries - method of assignment and notice - effect of transfer - doctrine of mootness - no point of law of exceptional public importance necessary to be determined in the interests of the due and proper administration of justice - transaction no longer has any legal import - contingent consent - potential infringement on shareholders' rights - adequacy of damages - no explanation as to why one shareholder was excluded - oversight or omission - reversed transfer moot - consent not a precondition to second transfer - failure to strictly and absolutely adhere to precise terms of shareholders' agreement as to mechanism of transfer not determinative in the circumstances - entire structure of shareholders' agreement to be considered in totality - reliefs declined
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