{"id":22378,"date":"2024-02-22T08:59:34","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T07:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hjort.no\/?p=22378"},"modified":"2024-10-30T09:44:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T08:44:53","slug":"successful-outcome-in-borgarting-court-of-appeal-in-case-on-board-liability-under-the-companies-act-%c2%a7-17-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hjort.no\/en\/successful-outcome-in-borgarting-court-of-appeal-in-case-on-board-liability-under-the-companies-act-%c2%a7-17-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Successful Outcome in Borgarting Court of Appeal in Case on Board Liability Under the Companies Act \u00a7 17-1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Both the board member and Hjort&#8217;s client (creditor) appealed the district court&#8217;s judgment, where the creditor had been granted parts of the compensation claim \u2013 consisting of several compensation items \u2013 against the relevant board member.<\/p>\n<p>Hjort took over the case for the client in the Borgarting Court of Appeal, and the result involved a tripling of the awarded compensation amount, compared to the result in the district court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">In a judgment from Borgarting Court of Appeal on January 23, 2024, Hjort&#8217;s client was granted com-pensation under the Companies Act \u00a7 17-1. 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