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Officer pleads not guilty in the first prosecution of an officer under Work Health and Safety Laws in the Australian Capital Territory

Introduction

On Tuesday 10 June 2014 in the Australian Capital Territory Industrial Magistrates Court, an early mention in the Kenoss Contractors case was heard.  This case includes a prosecution of both an organisation for allegedly failing to meet the primary health and safety duty and an officer for allegedly failing to exercise due diligence under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (ACT) which commenced on 1 January 2012.  This case is ostensibly the first prosecution of an officer under the new harmonised WHS laws.

Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Employment & Labor, Insolvency & Restructuring, Norton Rose Fulbright, Due diligence, Corporations Act 2001 (Australia)
De-facto directors: Case 2: F Options Limited: Who is actually in charge?

The recent case of F Options Ltd v Prestwood Properties Ltd concerned the setting aside of a transaction as a preference under section 239 of the Insolvency Act 1986.

A preference arises when a company's creditor is put in a better position than they would otherwise have been in the event of the company's insolvency. Transactions may be a preference whether or not the parties are connected, but where it can be shown that there is a connection within section 249 of the Insolvency Act 1986, two important advantages are gained:

United Kingdom, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, BDB Pitmans LLP, Unsecured debt, Board of directors, Insolvency Act 1986 (UK)