CGOV.14:8 - Common Anti-Patterns and How to Avoid Them

Failure in the situation	Repair
A proposed lower majority is used to count the vote that would introduce it.	Apply the current amendment rule to adoption.
Every filing is assumed to create legal effect.	Recover the role of that filing for the particular act.
The articles are changed while a relevant contractual consent obligation is ignored.	Establish how the applicable instruments interact and perform the additional required act.
A new charter is taken as evidence that its contribution can already be performed.	Provide the required participants, capability, information and services; distinguish what is effective from what is usable.
A service permission is treated as the source of corporate authority.	Recover the operative power independently and align the service with it.