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.