In Westfield Management Ltd v AMP Capital Property Nominees Ltd [2012] HCA 54, four members of the High Court held that any contractual term that limits the protections provided under Chapter 5C of the Corporations Act is invalid. Section 601NB of the Corporations Act allows members of a registered MIS to call a members’ meeting […]
In Montevento Holdings Pty Ltd v Scaffidi [2012] HCA 48 the High Court affirmed two principles so apparently uncontroversial that you might be left wondering why special leave was granted, but the Court did correct the error made below. In doing so the Court confirmed that: a trust deed should in the first instance be […]
On 10 December 2012, the Victorian Supreme Court’s Commercial Court is hosting a conference. The Hon Keith Mason AC QC, former President of the NSW Court of Appeal will be speaking on the topic “Remedies for breach of fiduciary duties: Lessons from two recent mega-cases: Grimaldi and Bell Resources”. This is one of four topics […]
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