Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Hellicar
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Judge | French CJ,Gummow,Hayne,Crennan,Kiefel,Bell JJ |
| Judgment Date | 03 May 2012 |
| Neutral Citation | [2012] HCA 17,2012-0503 HCA B |
| Court | High Court |
| Docket Number | Matter No S174/2011 Matter No S178/2011 Matter No S179/2011 Matter No S175/2011 Matter No S180/2011 Matter No S181/2011 Matter No S174/2011 |
| Date | 03 May 2012 |
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11 firm's commentaries
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The government model litigant policy - ethical issues
...Appeals Tribunal (2012) 203 FCR 166; 128 ALD 489; [2012] FCAFC 90; BC201204504 at [42]. 4ASIC v Hellicar (2012) 247 CLR 345; 286 ALR 501; [2012] HCA 17; BC201202609 at [239] per Heydon J; LVR (WA) Pty Ltd v Administrative Appeals Tribunal (2012) 203 FCR 166; 128 ALD 489; [2012] FCAFC 90; BC......
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Tesco - Food for thought for directors of Australian companies
...of judicial consideration in recent years, most notably in Centro (ASIC v Healey & Ors [2011] FCA 717), James Hardie (ASIC v Hellicar [2012] HCA 17) and Fortescue Metals (ASIC v Fortescue Metals Group Ltd [2011] FCAFC Centro would be of particular relevance to a "Tesco-style" overstatem......
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James Hardie - The final instalment - NSW Court of Appeal disqualifies and penalises company officers
...Ors v Australian Securities & Investments Commission [2012] NSWCA 370 4 Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Hellicar (2012) 286 ALR 501; [2012] HCA 17 5 Shafron v Australian Securities and Investments Commission (2012) 286 ALR 612; [2012] HCA 18 The content of this articl......
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The sting for General Counsel in the James Hardie decisions - Shafron v ASIC and ASIC v Hellicar
...handed down two important decisions in the matters of Peter James Shafron v ASIC [2012] HCA 18 and ASIC v Meredith Hellicar & Ors [2012] HCA 17. Both decisions deal with company officers' duties – the Hellicar decision found that seven non-executive directors of James Hardie Industries ......
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3 books & journal articles
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Stepping Stones — from Corporate Fault to Directors' Personal Civil Liability
...NV (2010) 274 ALR 85. 45 Morley (2010) 274 ALR 205. 46 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336, 361–2 (Dixon CJ). 47 ASIC v Hellicar (2012) 286 ALR 501. 48 The High Court held that the facts indicated that the board minutes, which recorded the tabling of the draft ASX announcement and its......
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Linking Corporate Power to Corporate Structures
...ER 929 (England).Amaca Pty Ltd v Frost [2006] NSWCA 173 (Australia).Australian Securities and Investments Commission v. Meredith Hellicar. 2012/HCA17. HighCourt of Australia (Canberra) (Australia).James Hardie and Co Pty Ltd v Hall (1998) 43 NSWLR 554 (Australia).James Hardie Industries Lim......
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The Role and Responsibility of the State in Litigation
...further for discussion Gabrielle Appleby, ‘The Government as a Litigant’ (2014) 37(1) UNSW Law Journal 97. 22(1997) 76 FCR 151, 196. 23[2012] HCA 17, [239]. 24[1973] 2 NSWLR 366, 383. 25See for discussion; Gabrielle Appleby, ‘The Government as a Litigant’ (2014) 37(1) UNSW Law Journal 94, 9......