incurred as a separate legal entity to its directors and shareholders? Or will its directors be personally liable for its debts? Law Upon incorporation, a company becomes a separate legal entity from its directors and members (s119). It can sue and be sued, acquire assets and debts, and enter into contracts in its own name. Its existence can lasts a lifetime as well. The Doctrine of Separate Legal Entity also known as “corporate veil” entails that the Directors of a Company have no personal liability
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* Duty of care and dillgence – statute law – s180 * S588G imposes a duty upon directors to prevent their company trading whle it is insolvent . s588G requires directors to be continually monitoring the financial status of their coy (* only apply to directors) * S181 – duties to act in good faith in the interest of coy and for a proper purpose * S 191 – duties to avoid conflicts of interest * S182&S183 – not to make improper use of position or information (* apply to employee)
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Introduction The concept of fiduciary obligations or duty is one of the most important areas in Australian law. In this project, I will try to illustrate and explain the duties in three kinds of relationships including the relationship between a director and a company, the relationship between the promoters and the corporation and the relationship between business partners. In each relationship, what kinds of the fiduciary duties should be performed is elaborated in details. The aim of the project
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role of a director of a company carries with it much legal responsibility This is the topic that will be discussed in this essay. It will begin with a definition of what a director is, followed by the relevant legislation. I will go on to discuss the different types of directors in a company followed by the main duties directors owe to a company. I have taken a look then at the powers directors have in a company and ended this topic with the personal and criminal accountability directors may experience
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A guide to directors’ duties and responsibilities for non-listed public companies and proprietary companies in Australia Contents 1 Executive summary 1.1 1.2 2 Sources of company law in Australia Summary 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 9 9 9 11 12 Common law duties 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Duty to act bona fide (In good faith) in the interests of the company as a whole Duty not to act for an improper purpose Duties of care and diligence Duty to retain discretion Duty to avoid conflicts
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The Principal Fiduciary Duties of Boards of Directors Presentation at Third Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance Singapore, 4 April 2001 Professor Bernard S. Black Stanford Law School bblack@stanford.edu 1-650-725-9845 Introduction I want to offer an overview of the principal fiduciary duties of boards of directors. I will speak mostly from a common law perspective. Fiduciary duties of directors were first elaborated by common law judges, operating without any guidance from the
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Kombabawa have breached the duties of directors. 2. Whether Aaron has breached the duties of directors 3. Whether Duffy has breached the duties of directors. 4. Whether Frederick has breached the duties of directors Relevant Law Directors’ duties include statutory duties, common law duties, duties in equity and fiduciary duties. The court will probably examine all of them in determining whether the defendant has breached the duty of directors. Statutory duties Sections 180 to 1841
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1. Were there any abuses of power by the management and breach of fiduciary on the part of the directors? Yes, there are breached of fiduciary duties by the management or directors of Delima Enterprise Sdn Bhd. In general, directors take up a fiduciary position or relationship with the company. A fiduciary relationship is the relationship between a person in a position of trust in which the fiduciary and the person for whose benefit the fiduciary acts. In other words, a fiduciary’s powers are
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CASE ANALYSIS QUESTION 1 From the legal perspective, were there any abuses of power by the management and breach of fiduciary on the part of the directors? In our opinion, there are abuses of power by the management in the company of Delima Enterprise Sdn Bhd. The management should act in the best interest of the company not the best interest of the director. For example in this case, the management uses their power to withdrawals several money from the company without proper documentation. It is illegal
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Lec 6: Ch 10 (the role of company directors and other officers and the means by which they are appointed and removed); main focus is on the directors * ‘officer’ and ‘director’ definition- s9, p200 (Morley v ASIC). * ‘director’- a) appointed director regardless of the name given to their position; b) not validly appointed director but acts in position or; c) not validly appointed but the directors of the company are accustomed to act in accordance with the person’s instructions and wishes;
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