by AntcliffeScott | Jun 6, 2022 | ASIC, Business, Cyber Security, Privacy Law, Privacy Risk Management, Technology
The decision in Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) v RI Advice Group Pty Ltd [2022] FAC 496 (handed down on 5 May 2022) highlights the potential need for the financial services sector (and on a wider scale, corporate Australia), to do more,...
by AntcliffeScott | Nov 16, 2021 | ASIC, Business, Company News, Directors, Directorship
All Australian company directors are required to apply for their Director Identification Number (DIN), using the Australian Business Registry Services (ABRS) website before 30 November 2022. The DIN is a unique 15-digit identifier that will stay with a director for...
by AntcliffeScott | Oct 16, 2021 | ASIC, Business, Directorship, Estate Planning, Executorship, Positions of Trust
Many of us, through personal or business circumstances, are required to take on positions of trust, where the law imposes obligations on us to other people – for instance as an executor of a will or a director of a company. There are other situations where we are...
by AntcliffeScott | Feb 6, 2021 | ASIC, Business, Directors, Directorship
The Treasury Laws Amendment (Combating Illegal Phoenixing) Bill 2020 was passed by Parliament in February 2020. This legislation introduces new offences and grants additional powers to ASIC and liquidators to help combat illegal phoenixing. The Australian Securities...
