Asignment: (Australian Company and Securities Law)

1.Compare the the judgement of RogersJ and the Court of Appeal in the AWA case , Daniels v Anderson
2. How was it differenet to the views in Re City Equitable
3. How were differences resolved by statute
4. How have more recent cases changed the law on Directors’s duties of care skill and dilligence.

Students are expected to research, anlyse and apply the relevant provisions of the
Corporations Act and the corporations common law precedents, Reasonable assumptions are prermitted to be made if they assist in clarifying the issues.
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Further The assignment requires independent thinking, evaluation and analysis. Merely repeating and The assignment requires independent thinking, evaluation and analysis. Merely repeating and paraphrasing sources will result in poor marks. To achieve good marks, students will need to show evidence of their analysis and evaluation of the problem. You must not simply provide long repetitions of judgements, facts or sections. These do not show evidence of your own independent thinking at a post graduate level.

Criteria: The task requires the detailed examination of a discrete area of law. This builds research, information gathering and legal writing/reporting skills.

Length and Format: This assignment should be double spaced. It is not required to have any formal format. Only use each question as the heading and then answer below it. Each question should be written for two pages strictly and therefore 8 pages in total for answering the questions. References should be clearly stated at the end and it is not included in the 8 pages.

Reference Texts:
Lipton, P and Herzberg, A Understanding Company Law Thomson Law Book Co.
Corporations Legislation, LexisNexis:Butterworths or CCH Australia or Thomson