التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Corporate Groups and the Duty of Directors to Act in Their Company's Best Interests |
| المؤلفون: |
Mescher, Barbara |
| المساهمون: |
Bondfield, Brett (Sonstige beteiligte Personen) |
| المصدر: |
2014 |
| الناشر: |
[S.l.]: SSRN |
| اللغة: |
English |
| نوع الوثيقة: |
Elektronische Ressource im Fernzugriff |
| Manifestation: |
Monographie [unabhängig ob Stück einer Reihe] |
| مستخلص: |
The nature of the group structure creates conflicts of interest for directors who have to reconcile both commercial and personal conflicts with this legal duty. This article examines the fiduciary duty of directors to act in the best interests of their company and highlights the complexities of this duty as it relates to corporate groups. The common law is ambiguous as demonstrated by English and Australian decisions, with cases offering different tests to determine the required standard. Landmark Australian litigation is analysed in this article: The Bell Group Ltd (in liq) v. Westpac Banking Corporation [No 9] [2008] WASC 239; and its appeal, Westpac Banking Corporation v. Bell Group Ltd (in liq) (No 3) [2012] WASC 157, where the duty to act in the best interests of a company within a corporate group is a substantive issue. Law reform proposals are also examined, including CASAC's Corporate Groups Final Report 2000 that recommended a whole of enterprise approach be applied to the regulation of corporate groups and subsequent academic commentary. The consolidation regime that permits corporate groups to be considered as a single entity for the purposes of income taxation is also briefly considered as an example of the complexities of an enterprise approach being applied to the regulation of corporate groups |
| رقم الأكسشن: |
EDSZBW1792353553 |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
ECONIS |
