a duty of public disclosure, meaning that certain key business information has to be registered with the registrar of companies and as such, this information will be available to the public. Essentially the LLP is a hybrid, combining elements of a traditional partnership with that of an incorporated company. The administrative and regulatory demands of LLPs and Limited Companies are higher and the structure of these two business mediums is largely complex in comparison to that of Sole Traders and
Executive summary This essay will mainly analyze and discuss some relevant legal principles and terms related to the judicial observation on legal position that the judge made in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Yazaki Corporation case. Therefore, it is necessary to cover the following key issues: 1. Definition and explanations of separate legal entity doctrine and corporate groups. 2. When will a subsidiary company be recognized as an agent of its parent. 3. Under what circumstances
Factors Considered In Deciding the Form of Legal Business Entity When starting a new business, it is very important to decide the form of legal entity which may be appropriate based on a number of factors. The legal entity can be sole proprietorship, partnerships (general and limited liability partnerships), limited liability companies, or corporations. One of the most important factors to consider when deciding the appropriate form of legal business entity is complexity. If one has limited capital
Intention to create legal relations Statement of the Rule To create a contract there must be a common intention of the parties to enter into legal obligations, mutually communicated expressly or impliedly (Rose and Frank Co v JR Crompton & Bros Ltd). It is open for the parties to use express language to indicate an intent (or lack of) to impose legal obligations on each other. Alternatively, this intention can be impliedly from the circumstances. The courts use an objective test in making a determination
forms the constitution of the Company. It regulates the internal affairs of the company by defining the responsibilities of directors, the type of business and the means by which the shareholders exert control over the Board of Directors . This essay will illustrate the similarities and differences of the AOA to a contract and how it is special in nature. Based on Section 14 of the Companies Act 1985 , AOAs are on the same level and to the same extent as if the company and shareholders had signed
2a) Company law - Body of law that applies to the rights and behavior of persons and companies - Ability to own property A company can have own property using the company name - Ability to incur its own liability Company’s liability is unlimited Members’ liability are limited - Suing and being sued A company can sue and be sued in its own name Any wrong done to the company, only the company can take action - Separate legal entity The company is a legal person having a separate entity
Corporate group is one of the most popular business structures in Australia. To be popular is because forming subsidiary companies will bring a lot benefit for parent company, such as reducing business risk, separates working duties. The famous Salmon’s case identify that each subsidiary company should stay as separate entity, after the court determine agency relationship is not exist between corporate groups. Thus corporation veil should apply on the subsidiaries in order to stop third party to review company’s
Intro The principle of the separate legal entity was established in the case of Salomon v A Salomon &Co Ltd. it is difficult to pierce the separate legal entity of the company as the House of Lords approach Companies Act in Salomon. However, it was the job of the courts to deviate from the legal fiction in the absence of any statutory regulations. Therefore, a good understanding of separate corporate personality is essential to understanding what company law is about. One will first examine the
corporation is like a legal entity that can be effectively recognized as a person under the law. The corporation may be a non-profit organization or a business. It is not affected by the death of any member. A sole trader is the most simple structure of business. This structure is less expensive to set up because there are very few legal and tax formalities. Operating your business as a sole trader means you trade on your own and control and manage the business. In Private Limited Company there is a minimum
Types of Business Organisations When we start to define a company it can be defined as generally a form of business organisation. In the legal field, a company is specifically a corporation, or less commonly, an association, partnership or union that carries on a commercial or industrial enterprise. Generally a company may be a corporation, partnership, association, joint stock company, trust, fund or organised group of persons, whether incorporated or not and (in an official capacity) any