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Marc Bad­dams and Cather­ine Li’s arti­cle Direc­tors’ access to com­pa­ny books: Nav­i­gat­ing Statu­to­ry and com­mon law require­ments in Aus­tralia’ has been pub­lished by the Gov­er­nance Insti­tute of Australia

Marc Bad­dams and Cather­ine Li’s arti­cle Direc­tors’ access to com­pa­ny books: Nav­i­gat­ing Statu­to­ry and com­mon law require­ments in Aus­tralia’ has been pub­lished by the Gov­er­nance Insti­tute of Aus­tralia. Key ele­ments of the arti­cle include: 

  • To man­age a com­pa­ny and dis­charge their duties, direc­tors need access to com­pa­ny information.
  • Direc­tors have statu­to­ry rights and com­mon law rights to access com­pa­ny books. 
  • This arti­cle sum­maris­es those rights and briefly dis­cuss­es what hap­pens if they are ignored.

To read the full arti­cle click here, or you can read it here on Swaab’s website. 

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