Resources

Chapter 1

[1.65] ASIC’s website sets out vast amounts of valuable information

[1.120] The ASX website contains valuable information about the stock market and ASX listed companies

[1.125] The Takeover Panel‘s website contains the Panel’s guidance notes, media releases, decisions and rules

[1.135] The Financial Reporting Council website sets out FRC’s strategic plan, reports, rules of operations and media releases

[1.140] The Australian Accounting Standards Board website contains information about the AASB, its standards, pronouncements, work in progress, publications and latest news

[1.145] The Auditing and Assurance Standards Board website sets out AuASB standards, pronouncements, work in progress, news and publications

[1.160] The Treasury website contains a large number of reports and discussion papers produced by CAMAC and its predecessor, CASAC, dealing with a variety of company law topics

[1.165] The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services website contains information about its role, current inquiries and recent reports

Chapter 2

[2.20] CASAC Corporate Groups Final Report (2000) is on the Studylib website

[2.30] ASIC Information Paper, INFO 26 Dealing with businesses and companies

[2.35] Report of the Special Commission of Inquiry into the Medical Research and Compensation Foundation (2004).

The Concept of Limited Liability – Existing Law and Rationale by Counsel Assisting, John Sheahan SC – Annexure T – Report of the Special Commission of Inquiry into the Medical Research and Compensation Foundation

[2.40] Hansmann and Kraakman, “The Essential Role of Organizational Law” 2000 on the Social Science Research Network website

[2.40] Blair, “Locking in Capital: What Corporate Law Achieved for Business Organizers in the Nineteenth Century” 2003 on the Social Science Research Network website

[2.80] CASAC’s Corporate Groups Final Report 2000 is on the Studylib website

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CASAC’s Corporate Groups Final Report 2000 is on the Studylib website
Phillip Lipton “The Mythology of Salomon’s Case and the Law Dealing with the Tort Liabilities of Corporate Groups: An Historical Perspective” 2013 on the Social Science Research Network website
The Concept of Limited Liability – Existing Law and Rationale by Counsel Assisting, John Sheahan SC – Annexure T – Report of the Special Commission of Inquiry into the Medical Research and Compensation Foundation

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[2.280] CASAC Corporate Groups Final Report 2000 is on the Studylib website

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ASIC’s Check Name Availability search facility
ASIC’s Business name availability search facility

[2.410] Steps to Register a Company on the ASIC website

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ASIC’s Checklist For Registered Companies and Their Officers and
ASIC’s information sheet INFO 76 What Books and Records Should My Company Keep?

Chapter 3

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ASX website contains valuable information about the ASX and the ASX listed companies.
ASX Listing Rules

Chapter 5

[5.90] Australian Law Reform Commission Corporate Criminal Responsibility Report (April 2020)

Chapter 7

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Corporations Amendment (Crowd-sourced Funding) Act 2017 (Cth)
Corporations Amendment (Crowd-sourced Funding) Bill 2016 (Cth) Explanatory Memorandum
Corporations Amendment (Crowd-sourced Funding for Proprietary Companies) Act 2018 (Cth)
Corporations Amendment (Crowd-sourced Funding for Proprietary Companies) Bill 2017 Explanatory Memorandum
ASIC Regulatory Guide RG 141 Offers of securities on the internet discusses when ASIC will regulate internet offers.
Treasury, Crowd-sourced Equity Funding Discussion Paper (December 2014)
Treasury, Facilitating Crowd-sourced Equity Funding and Reducing Compliance Costs for Small Business Consultation Paper August 2015

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[7.95] “Upcoming Floats and Listings” on the ASX website. Companies seeking to float on the ASX often make their prospectuses available on the ASX website.

[7.100] ASIC Regulatory Guide RG 228 Prospectuses: Effective disclosure for retail investors provides guidance on how to prepare prospectuses that satisfy the s 710 general disclosure test.

[7.110] ASIC Regulatory Guide RG 170 Prospective financial information outlines ASIC’s views on when prospective financial information such as forecasts can or should be disclosed and what are reasonable grounds for prospective financial information.

[7.135] ASIC Regulatory Guide RG 254 Offering securities under a disclosure document. Section D deals with offer information statements.

[7.170] ASIC Regulatory Guide RG 38 The hawking prohibitions assists the financial services industry in complying with this legislation.

Chapter 8

[8.15] The ASX Listing Rules may be viewed on the ASX website

[8.200] Blair, Locking in Capital: What Corporate Law Achieved for Business Organizers in the Nineteenth Century (2003) 51 UCLA Law Review 387 this article may be viewed on the Social Science Research Network website

[8.275] Lamba and Ramsay, Share Buy-Backs: An Empirical Investigation (2000) on the University of Melbourne Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation website

[8.275] Companies & Securities Law Review Committee report, A Company’s Purchase of its Own Shares (1987) on the Takeovers Panel website

Chapter 9

[9.225] The ASX has published an explanatory brochure on CHESS

Chapter 12

[12.45], [12.70] The ASX Corporate Governance Council’s Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations 4th edition (2019) may be accessed on the ASX website .

[12.147] 2017 Treasury proposals paper (2017) “Combatting Illegal Phoenixing”

[12.316] The Productivity Commission’s report Executive Remuneration in Australia (2010) is on the Productivity Commission’s website

Chapter 14

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