Seminar: In the Shareholder’s Interest or the Public Interest? ASIC and Director’s Duties
Event venue:
Allens, Level 28, Deutsche Bank Place 126 Phillip Street, Sydney CBD
Event date:
Wednesday, April 11, 2018 -
08:00 to 09:30
Free general admission: to register, please click here
The law now recognises that public interests may be (and sometimes must be) protected and advanced by boards, instead of directors’ decisions turning exclusively on private corporate or shareholder interests. Come and hear about legislation and recent judicial decisions which reflect an evolution in opinion about what boards of directors should and must consider, and ASIC’s role in these changes. This seminar earns (1.5 CPD points)
Speakers:
• Prof Dimity Kingsford Smith (UNSW Law) Working Paper, Powerpoint Sldies
Comments & Discussion:
• Dr Robert Austin (Barrister; Challis Lecturer in Corporate Law, University of Sydney; and previously a Judge of the Supreme Court of NSW)
• Ms Pauline Vamos (CEO, Regnan)
Seminar Chair: Mr John Morgan (Allens and UNSW Law)
Event topic:
In the Shareholder’s Interest or the Public Interest? ASIC and Director’s Duties