Members of a religious community incorporated under the Corporations Act disputed control of the corporation administering their temple.
After a consent order established a three-person board, the applicants sought recognition of two additional directors allegedly appointed by the community's spiritual leader and invalidation of steps taken by the existing board.
The court held that the evidence of the alleged appointments was inadmissible and unreliable hearsay, and in any event the consent order circumscribed any authority to appoint additional directors pending an annual members meeting.
The application was dismissed, and the matter was directed into case management with related proceedings.
