Director Liability Article Results

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  • Directors Counsel Not far enough

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Dec 2009

    Professor Bob Baxt argues that MINCO’s recently released principles governing director liability are a step in the right direction, but do not go far enough. Not far enough The announcement on 6 November by the Minister for Corporate Law Chris Bowen that the Ministerial Council for Corpo...

  • Feature Avoiding corporate collapse

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Apr 2009

    The number of companies going into liquidation has surged. Tony Featherstone reveals some of the lessons learnt from those at the coalface of corporate collapse. Avoiding corporate collapse More directors will be forced this year to make a life-changing decision: let t...

  • Spoken Word

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Feb 2007

    Michael Hughes, a partner at Minter Ellison, outlines how directors of Australian subsidiary companies can be confronted with stark challenges when an overseas parent company becomes insolvent. Protecting your reputation and assets A global corporation typically will operate in Australia throu...

  • CEO Report

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Nov 2006

    Extend the statutory business judgement rule The statutory Business Judgement Rule (BJR) was introduced with some fanfare in the CLERP 1 reforms, becoming law in 2000. It expands on the duty of care and diligence in the Corporations Act, providing a defence for directors and officers who might be a...

  • increasing the load

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Nov 2005

    Increasing the load When the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer,  Chris Pearce, announced on October 12 that there would be reforms to Australian insolvency laws, the first since the Harmer Report in the early 1990s, he also indicated that he would be referring the matter to the Corporati...

  • Insolvent trading the final say Law Reporter

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Jun 2004

    Expect to see further strong penalties against directors seen to ignore insolvent trading provisions Insolvent trading - the final say? Expect to see further strong penalties against directors seen to ignore insolvent trading provisions While the insolvent trading prohibition (section 588G of th...