Director Liability Article Results

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  • Directors Counsel Getting legal costs back

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 May 2010

    Professor Bob Baxt reviews a recent appeals ruling that provides directors with a victory when it comes to seeking reimbursement for legal costs. Getting legal costs back Last year, in this column (Company Director, April 2009), we discussed the decision by Justice Flick in Motor Tra...

  • Feature Is it worth being a NED

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Aug 2009

    Domini Stuart investigates whether the rewards still outweigh the risks of being a non-executive director. Is it worth being a NED? Key points Personal liability and reputational risks of being a NED are high D&O insurance costs are rising and conditio...

  • Interview QA with Chris Townsend

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Jun 2009

    Chris Townsend talks to Tony Featherstone about managing AIG Australia through a crisis, the lessons learned and what a surge in class actions means for D&O insurance policies. Q&A with Chris Townsend The global financial crisis has been hell for most CEOs, non...

  • OHS Reform A welcome new era Oct 08

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Oct 2008

    OH&S laws are being reviewed. Gabrielle Upton explains AICD’s concerns about the existing laws and how it believes these should be changed. A welcome new era A new era in occupational health and safety (OH&S) regulation may be dawning with the culmination of three recen...

  • D and O A litigious multinational environment May 08

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 May 2008

    Jason Howard cautions that companies need to check their D&O cover as they expand offshore. A litigious multinational environmentA key development in Australia’s changing corporate landscape has been rapid global expansion, both through organic growth and by acquisition. Although ...

  • Director Guarantees Don t get tripped up by guarantees Feb 08

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Feb 2008

    Geoff Stevens provides some guidance through the complex maze of director guarantees. Don’t get tripped up by guaranteesAs a director, you will often be requested to provide guarantee support for your company’s obligations. This can be in the context of financial accommodation from a fina...

  • D O Insurance

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Aug 2007

    Mark Parris explains why the shifting climate in the D&O market makes now a great time to re-negotiate your cover. D&O’s climate change Smart directors will take advantage of the current soft cycle in the D&O insurance market to ensure that they have insurance protection which p...

  • D and O Insurance

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Dec 2006

    A common pitfall for directors with D&O insurance policies is that they do not realise they are not covered for a particular event until they try to claim. Emilios Kyrou, partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, identifies some undesirable gaps in D&O insurance policies and suggests how to overcom...

  • Early Warner

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Oct 2006

    Professor Bob Baxt examines a recent High Court ruling that could see more litigation against companies and directors. Opening the litigation floodgates The High Court of Australia in ‘ruling’ that litigation funding is prima facie ‘legal’ has delivered one of the most important judgements thi...

  • Fostif Case

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Oct 2006

    A recent majority decision by the High Court upheld the legitimacy of the litigation funding model. According to S Stuart Clark and Michael Legg, in doing so it effectively endorsed the use of US style contingency fee agreements in Australia. The continued rise of litigation funding In 1992 t...

  • Getting down to business

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Aug 2006

    by Charles Beelaerts D&O insurance: are you getting value for money? Over the past 12 months premiums for directors and officers liability insurance (D&O) have fallen 25 to 40 per cent and in some cases by 50 per cent. The cause of the fall is low claims costs and competition amongst i...

  • Why bullet proofing was a myth Cover Story

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Feb 2004

    Voluntary administration and deeds of company arrangement fall well short of protecting directors against claims of insolvent trading, writes Karen O’Flynn* Why bullet proofing was a myth Voluntary administration and deeds of company arrangement fall well short of protecting directors against claim...