Member Articles

By: Rebecca Stevens The ACT Court of Appeal has upheld the trial judge’s decision in the matter of Ackland v Stewart, which was discussed in the April 2014 newsletter ‘Two courts jump in to consider obvious risk’ ...

By: Tony Stumm The recent changes made by the ASX to its Guidance Note 12 have aroused interest in companies getting their shares listed without travelling down the compliance path associated with a prospectus initiat ...

By: Glenn Biggs The Queensland Court of Appeal recently overturned a primary judgment in favour of the Robinson Helicopter Company Incorporated (Robinson Helicopter) on the basis its instruction manual did not provide ...

By: Audine Bartlett In the Part 1 of the Issues Paper of May 2014 we examined the anti-bribery and corruption laws in Australia, the United States of America and the United Kingdom. This Part 2 Issues Paper examines le ...

By: Tony Stumm A circular resolution is a documented resolution which is signed by a company’s directors, with wording to signify they are in favour of the resolution. Typically, companies which have a constitution w ...

Contact: Andrew Shute, Partner and Johanna Kennerley, Senior Associate; Carter Newell (Queensland, Australia) Update: Further to our May 2014 newsletter entitled ‘Water fight leaves Reed barely afloat’, the Land Co ...