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  • Don’t get tripped up by directors’ liability

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Apr 2013

    Andrew Yeo outlines six common liability traps that often ensnare company directors. There are many pieces of legislation in Australia where a director has some degree of personal liability. The past decades have seen an increase in the prevalence of such legislation affecting directors’ li...

  • Policy Update

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Apr 2013

    A monthly review of the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ policy and advocacy team’s key projects and issues. Focus on executive remuneration Executive remuneration is back in the spotlight this month as the Government seeks feedback on its 2009 Termination Payments Act, a...

  • Policy Update

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Mar 2013

    A monthly review of the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ policy and advocacy team’s key projects and issues. THIS MONTH: Improving diversity through mentoring Global leadership in board diversity Human rights and anti-discrimination Reform of NFP gov...

  • NSW shows the way in directors’ liability reform

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Feb 2013

    Bruce Cowley and Steven Grant detail how the NSW Government has taken the lead in reducing laws imposing liability on directors for corporate fault. One of the biggest issues of concern for company directors in recent years has been the explosion in the number of Commonwealth, state and t...

  • More Hardie lessons

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Feb 2013

    Professor Bob Baxt summarises the messages sent by the NSW Court of Appeal in its recent judgment on penalties for James Hardie’s former directors. On Sunday evening 11 November 2012, the eve of the New South Wales Court of Appeal penalty decision in Gilfillan v ASIC [2012] NSWCA 370 invo...

  • Policy Update

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Dec 2012

    Some of the key highlights and policy priorities that shaped our agenda throughout 2013. As 2012 draws to a close, I thought it appropriate to review some of the key highlights and policy priorities that have shaped our agenda throughout the past year. These priorities are selected for a ...

  • Policy Update

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Oct 2012

    A monthly review of the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ policy and advocacy team’s key projects and issues. We continued to advocate reform of onerous director liability provisions and to voice our concerns about aspects of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commissio...

  • Policy Update

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Sep 2012

    A monthly review of the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ policy and advocacy team’s key projects and issues. ACNC Bill Update On 15 August, the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics released its report entitled: Report on the Exposure Draft of the Au...

  • Lessons learnt from shareholder class actions

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Sep 2012

    Jason Betts identifies four major lessons for directors from the growth of shareholder class action litigation and discusses how to address the risks. The growth in class action litigation in Australia, particularly third-party funded class actions brought on behalf of shareholders agains...

  • Do directors owe duties to creditors?

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Sep 2012

    Professor Bob Baxt believes the question of whether a court can order damages against a director in favour of creditors or others needs to be clarified following a recent decision. It is useful to set out the actual terms of section 1324(10) of the Corporations Act 2001 to help readers ap...

  • Policy Update

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Aug 2012

    A monthly review of the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ policy and advocacy team’s key projects and issues. The governance of governments On 20 July, our CEO and managing director John Colvin FAICD presented to the Australian Economic Forum on the topic: "How good governanc...

  • No rule of law for directors

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Jul 2012

    Despite much lobbying, John H C Colvin says a revised Bill, aimed at tackling phoenix company activity, still erodes the rule of law for all directors for any unpaid super entitlements, regardless of their culpability. Just when you think real progress is being made in the area of directo...