Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Download Company Law An Interactive Approach 1st Edition Wong Solutions Manual all chapters
Download Company Law An Interactive Approach 1st Edition Wong Solutions Manual all chapters
https://testbankfan.com/product/thermodynamics-an-interactive-
approach-1st-edition-bhattacharjee-solutions-manual/
https://testbankfan.com/product/auditing-cases-an-interactive-
learning-approach-7th-edition-beasley-solutions-manual/
https://testbankfan.com/product/auditing-cases-an-interactive-
learning-approach-6th-edition-beasley-solutions-manual/
https://testbankfan.com/product/philosophical-journey-an-
interactive-approach-6th-edition-lawhead-test-bank/
Digital Media Primer 3rd Edition Wong Solutions Manual
https://testbankfan.com/product/digital-media-primer-3rd-edition-
wong-solutions-manual/
https://testbankfan.com/product/ihealth-an-interactive-
framework-3rd-edition-sparling-test-bank/
https://testbankfan.com/product/employment-relations-an-
integrated-approach-1st-edition-mcphail-solutions-manual/
https://testbankfan.com/product/interactive-statistics-informed-
decisions-using-data-1st-edition-sullivan-solutions-manual/
https://testbankfan.com/product/company-accounting-11th-edition-
leo-solutions-manual/
Instructor manual
to accompany
Company law: an
interactive approach
1st edition
by
Chapple et al.
Students are expected to treat the case study as a real-world business scenario, and David Douglas and
his Racing Parts business as real clients. The case study does not provide all the information needed
for each decision. Students need to develop the skills to know what might not have been said or
provided, and to ask their clients the right questions. It is important to regularly remind students that
they will need to ask their client questions. They cannot rely on the client to know exactly what
information to provide.
Students need to understand what is important to the client and why the client wants things a certain
way. An adviser will not always remember all the information about their client and it is therefore
important to regularly review and reacquaint themself with the client as the case study develops.
The first appearance of the Racing Parts case in each module presents relevant background
information, events that have occurred since the previous module, and an overview of the issues that
will be raised in the current module. The list of issues at the end of the first case box in the module
includes the key considerations/questions to be analysed in order to advise David. By working
through the module and, in particular the Racing Parts Activities and Insights that appear in most of
the learning objective sections of the module, the student should be able to formulate a response to
each of these issues. The more specific questions that are sometimes included are intended to help
students focus on the key information relevant to decisions.
Issues
At this stage, before studying the module, the student will not necessarily be able to advise a
client on these questions, but should be able to think about the issues in more general terms:
• From earlier modules, students should be able to describe the doctrine of separation of
powers and that the role of directors is to manage the company on behalf and for the
benefit of the members. Students should explain how the interests of directors and
members may not be completely aligned. Directors have extensive powers to manage the
company, but are subject to various responsibilities and obligations, as well as measures
put in place by members, to ensure they do manage the company for the benefit of its
members.
• Students should explore the reasons for appointing any directors other than just David
(e.g. to access expertise or reward people involved in the company). Who can be
appointed a company director and how? What are the skills and qualifications required to
be a company director? What are the specific merits or otherwise of appointing the
individual members of David’s family and the individual staff members to be directors?
What about Sarah, David’s business adviser? Students may compare the relative power
and responsibility of directors with other officers.
• Directors exercise their decision-making powers by passing resolutions at a formal
meeting of the board. Students should describe the procedural rules for board meetings,
including the reasons for the rules.
• How does the decision-making process at Racing Parts Pty Ltd potentially affect David’s
ability to retain control of the company? What powers do members have over directors?
How might this affect David’s control of the company now and in the future?
Learning objective 7.1: List the key principles of good corporate governance.
The doctrine of separation of powers refers to the different powers of shareholders and the
directors or managers of the company and the inability of one to interfere in the decisions of
the other. The law in the cases of Cuninghame v Automatic Self-Cleansing Ltd and Shaw v
John Shaw & Son Ltd stated that, even though the actions of the directors affect the
shareholders, if the issue is about the management of the company (which can affect the
balance sheet — assets and as well as liabilities — and the profit and loss account — income
and expenses) it is solely the responsibility of the directors to decide the issues without
interference by the shareholders.
As directors decide on management issues, if David appoints his mother, Helen, and other
staff as directors then he may lose management control. Board meetings of directors should
be held on a regular basis. The directors by majority (more than 50%) agree on management
matters. There are no special resolutions in the case of board meetings.
Can you think of any other ways he may be able to retain control?
Discuss how the measures in figures 7.4 and 7.5 apply to Racing Parts Pty Ltd.
Racing Parts Pty Ltd started out as a single shareholder/director company, which means the
interests of the owner and the manager were the same. Once new directors are appointed, or
new shareholders take up shares, then the scope for their interests to misalign increases. The
company then needs to consider which corporate governance mechanisms may be effective in
constraining managers’ actions to align more closely with shareholders’ interests.
Examine the definition of officer in s 9. Students should assess whether each person in the
Racing Parts case is an officer of the company and explain why/why not. In particular, note
that some aspects of this definition are quite broad. Then students should explain what
powers each officer would have.
Learning objective 7.3: Describe the relative roles and powers of company directors and
company members.
Advise David what matters directors decide, what matters members decide, and what he
decides.
Discuss the doctrine of separation of powers. Directors acting collectively as the board make
management decisions. The members in general meeting have power to make decisions over
specific matters. David, as single director, makes all the decisions. As soon as he appoints
another director, this will change.
In the case of the loan, this is a matter that is usually considered a management decision. Is it
possible to have a clause in the constitution that states any loan in excess of $100 000 must be
approved by the shareholders? This does not stop the directors borrowing (not a restriction on
their powers of management), but it gives the shareholders the right to be made aware of the
matter.
Explain whether David gives up any power or control when another director is appointed.
Appointing more directors will take away some of David’s control of management issues, so
appointing him to managing director (under s 198D) changes his power in the company. As a
member, it may depend on whether there are shares with different rights attaching. David can
control the general meeting by holding a majority stake of share capital or by owning shares
with superior rights.
The rules regarding meetings of directors are in the constitution or the replaceable rules.
Discuss the reasons that directors meet (i.e. their purpose) and why they should meet on a
regular basis. See s 198A. This issue of meeting on a regular basis is discussed in some detail
when we consider the duties and responsibilities of directors and officers to act with care and
skill.
Meetings are usually called by the chair, or the company secretary can send out the notices.
Also, any director is able to call meetings.
The chair, who is appointed by the board of directors, will control the meeting. Generally in
the rules the chair will have the casting vote in the event of a deadlock.
Matters are decided by majority. A note must be kept of how each director voted and the
questions or issues raised. The chair must sign the board minutes as a true copy.
It is important for David to have regular meetings so that he can influence operations.
For David it is a trade-off between control and having other people in the business to help
him grow the business of the company. Go back to the opener and consider the formalities of
appointing directors. Who can be appointed a company director and how? What are the skills
and qualifications required to be a company director? In what circumstances is someone not
eligible or qualified to be appointed a director? To grow the business, the company needs a
board comprising diverse individuals, with complementary skill sets, who have a real interest
in the business and its success.
Learning objective 7.4: Outline how directors are appointed, remunerated and
removed.
1. Check the rules of the company to see that the appointment does not exceed the
maximum number (if any) stated.
2. Have a board meeting take place, with the directors agreeing to appoint Tom as a director
(pass by majority).
3. Ensure that Tom is over 18 (birth certificate).
4. Receive from Tom a letter agreeing to be appointed as a director.
5. Ensure that Tom is not automatically disqualified or that no other person (shareholder,
fellow director or ASIC) is going to apply to have Tom not be appointed as a director.
6. Ensure that the records at the company’s registered office are updated to show that Tom
is appointed as a director.
7. Complete form 484 to notify ASIC that Tom has been appointed as a director (28-day
deadline).
If the director is appointed by fellow directors, check the rules (if a constitution) or ss 201G
and 201H (if the replaceable rules) that state that within 2 months of appointment of a
director by fellow directors the appointment must be approved by the general meeting.
Suggest students set out the framework of the three types of disqualification (automatic; by
court order; by ASIC) and then detail the requirements of each type. This provides a
framework of the relevant law that can be applied to Andy, and indeed all current and future
directors.
As the disqualification rules are designed to protect shareholders, punish improper acts and
deter improper behaviour by others, David should consider these aspects in deciding whether
Andy has the skill set to be a director of Racing Parts.
Suggest that students observe the personal information that ASIC collects about company
directors. Some potential directors might consider this to be quite intrusive.
Language: English
By ROBERT F. YOUNG
—The Rubáiyát
The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed
down from the fissured foothills to the sea. The women spread out
along the beach to gather driftwood, while the men took over the
task of setting up the rain-catch.
Ryan could tell from the haggard faces around him that there would
be a dance that night. He knew his own face must be haggard too,
haggard and grimed with dust, the cheeks caved in, the eyes dark
with hunger-shadows. The dogless days had been many this time.
The rain-catch was a crazy quiltwork pattern of dogskins laboriously
sewn together into a makeshift tarpaulin. Ryan and the other young
men held it aloft while the older men set up the poles and tied the
dog-gut strings, letting the tarp sag in the middle so that when it
rained the precious water would accumulate in the depression.
When the job was done, the men went down to the beach and stood
around the big fire the women had built.
Ryan's legs ached from the long trek through the hill country and his
shoulders were sore from packing the dogskin tarp over the last five
miles. Sometimes he wished he was the oldest man in the tribe
instead of the youngest: then he would be free from the heavy work,
free to shamble along in the rear on marches; free to sit on his
haunches during stopovers while the younger men took care of the
hunting and the love-making.
He stood with his back to the fire, letting the heat penetrate his
dogskin clothing and warm his flesh. Nearby, the women were
preparing the evening meal, mashing the day's harvest of tubers into
a thick pulp, adding water sparingly from their dogskin waterbags.
Ryan glimpsed Merium out of the corner of his eye, but the sight of
her thin young face and shapely body did not stir his blood at all, and
he turned his eyes miserably away.
He remembered how he had felt about her at the time of the last dog
kill—how he had lain beside her before the roaring fire, the aroma of
roasted dog flesh still lingering in the night air. His belly had been full
and he had lain beside her half the night, and he had almost wanted
her. She had seemed beautiful then, and for many days afterward;
but gradually her beauty had faded away and she had become just
another drab face, another listless figure stumbling along with the
rest of the tribe, from oasis to oasis, from ruin to ruin, in the eternal
search for food.
Ryan shook his head. He could not understand it. But there were so
many things that he could not understand. The Dance, for instance.
Why should the mouthing of mere words to the accompaniment of
rhythmic movements give him pleasure? How could hatred make
him strong?
He shook his head again. In a way, the Dance was the biggest
mystery of all....
Merium brought him his supper, looking up at him shyly with her
large brown eyes. Illogically, Ryan was reminded of the last dog he
had killed and he jerked the earthen pot out of her hands and walked
down to the water's edge to eat alone.
The sun had set. Streaks of gold and crimson quivered in the wind-
creased water, slowly faded away. Darkness crept down from the
gullied foothills to the beach, and with it came the first cold breath of
night.
Ryan shivered. He tried to concentrate on his food, but the memory
of the dog would not go away.
It had been a small dog, but a very vicious one. It had bared its teeth
when at last he had cornered it in the little rocky cul-de-sac in the
mountains, and as further evidence of its viciousness, it had wagged
its ridiculous tail. Ryan could still remember the high-pitched sound
of its growl—or was it a whine?—when he advanced on it with his
club; but most of all he remembered the way its eyes had been when
he brought the club down on its head.
He tried to free himself from the memory, tried to enjoy his tasteless
meal. But he went right on remembering. He remembered all the
other dogs he had killed and he wondered why killing them should
bother him so. Once, he knew, dogs had run with the hunters, not
from them; but that was long before his time—when there had been
something else besides dogs to hunt.
Now it was different. Now it was dogs—or death....
He finished his meatless stew, swallowing the last mouthful grimly.
He heard a soft step behind him, but he did not turn around.
Presently Merium sat down beside him.
The sea glinted palely in the light of the first stars.
"It's beautiful tonight," Merium said.
Ryan was silent.
"Will there be a dance?" she asked.
"Maybe."
"I hope there is."
"Why?"
"I—I don't know. Because everyone's so different afterwards, I
suppose—so happy, almost."
Ryan looked at her. Starlight lay gently on her child-like face, hiding
the thinness of her cheeks, softening the hunger-shadows beneath
her eyes. Again he remembered the night he had almost wanted her
and he wanted it to be the same again, only all the way this time. He
wanted to want to take her in his arms and kiss her lips and hold her
tightly to him, and when desire refused to rise in him, shame took its
place, and because he couldn't understand the shame, he
supplanted it with anger.
"Men have no happiness!" he said savagely.
"They did once—a long time ago."
"You listen too much to the old women's tales."
"I like to listen to them. I like to hear of the time when the ruins were
living cities and the earth was green—when there was an abundance
of food and water for everyone.... Surely you believe there was such
a time. The words of the Dance—"
"I don't know," Ryan said. "Sometimes I think the words of the Dance
are lies."
Merium shook her head. "No. The words of the Dance are wisdom.
Without them we could not live."
"You talk like an old woman yourself!" Ryan said. Abruptly he stood
up. "You are an old woman. An ugly old woman!" He strode across
the sand to the fire, leaving her alone by the water.
The tribe had broken up into groups. The old men huddled together
in one group, the younger men in another. The women sat by
themselves near the wavering perimeter of the firelight, crooning an
ancient melody, exchanging an occasional word in low tones.
Ryan stood by the fire alone. He was the youngest male of the tribe.
He and Merium had been the last children to be born. The tribe had
numbered in the hundreds then, and the hunting had been good, the
dogs still tame and easy to find. There had been other tribes too,
wandering over the dust-veiled land. Ryan wondered what had
become of them. But he only pretended to wonder. In his heart, he
knew.
It was growing colder. He added more driftwood to the fire and
watched the flames gorge themselves. Flames were like men, he
thought. They ate everything there was in sight, and when there was
nothing more to eat, they died.
There were other figures shuffling in the firelight now, and the beat
on the dogskin drum head was sharper, stronger. Ryan felt the
quickening of his blood, the surge of new-born energy.
Voices blended:
Ryan could contain himself no longer. He felt his own feet moving
with the vindictive beat of the drum. He heard his own voice take up
the chant:
He joined the stomping mass of the tribe, his hands going through
the mimic motions of killing, rending, throwing. Strength flowed into
his emaciated limbs, pulsed through his undernourished body. He
glimpsed Merium across the fire and he caught his breath at the
beauty of her animated face. Again he almost wanted her, and for a
while he was able to convince himself that some day he would want
her; that this time the effect of the Dance would not wear off the way
it always had before and he would go on feeling strong and confident
and unafraid and find many dogs to feed the tribe; then, perhaps, the
men would want the women the way they used to, and he would
want Merium, and the tribe would increase and become great and
strong—
He raised his voice higher and stomped his feet as hard as he could.
The hatred was like wine now, gushing hotly through his body,
throbbing wildly in his brain. The chant crescendoed into a huge
hysterical wail, a bitter accusation reverberating over the barren hills
and the dead sea, riding the dust-laden wind—
1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also
govern what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most
countries are in a constant state of change. If you are outside
the United States, check the laws of your country in addition to
the terms of this agreement before downloading, copying,
displaying, performing, distributing or creating derivative works
based on this work or any other Project Gutenberg™ work. The
Foundation makes no representations concerning the copyright
status of any work in any country other than the United States.
1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary,
compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form,
including any word processing or hypertext form. However, if
you provide access to or distribute copies of a Project
Gutenberg™ work in a format other than “Plain Vanilla ASCII” or
other format used in the official version posted on the official
Project Gutenberg™ website (www.gutenberg.org), you must, at
no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a copy, a
means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon
request, of the work in its original “Plain Vanilla ASCII” or other
form. Any alternate format must include the full Project
Gutenberg™ License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1.
• You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from
the use of Project Gutenberg™ works calculated using the
method you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The
fee is owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg™ trademark,
but he has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to
the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty
payments must be paid within 60 days following each date on
which you prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your
periodic tax returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked
as such and sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive
Foundation at the address specified in Section 4, “Information
about donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive
Foundation.”
• You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free
distribution of Project Gutenberg™ works.
1.F.