Part (a) Christine, Sharni and Mandy are the directors of Layabout Ltd, a company that manufactures...

 

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Part (a) Christine, Sharni and Mandy are the directors of Layabout Ltd, a company that manufactures camping equipment. Sales are falling and the directors are worried about the future prospects of the company. At a directors' meeting, it is resolved that a marketing campaign to promote the company's products will be created. Part of the campaign will involve television advertising and Christine wants the company to employ her husband Sunil to appear in television commercials as he has experience modelling and has taken acting lessons. It is expected that Sunil will be paid $100,000 by Layabout Ltd to be the 'face' of the company in the television commercials. Using your knowledge from studying director's duties, describe the procedure under the Corporations Act that the company AND Christine must follow in order to employ Sunil for the advertising campaign (10 marks). Part (b) Using your knowledge of director's duties, discuss the correctness of the below statement (10 marks). "Company directors have to exercise a very high standard of care and diligence under both the Corporations Act and case law because if they make a decision that causes any damage to the company, they will be personally liable to creditors." Part (a) Christine, Sharni and Mandy are the directors of Layabout Ltd, a company that manufactures camping equipment. Sales are falling and the directors are worried about the future prospects of the company. At a directors' meeting, it is resolved that a marketing campaign to promote the company's products will be created. Part of the campaign will involve television advertising and Christine wants the company to employ her husband Sunil to appear in television commercials as he has experience modelling and has taken acting lessons. It is expected that Sunil will be paid $100,000 by Layabout Ltd to be the 'face' of the company in the television commercials. Using your knowledge from studying director's duties, describe the procedure under the Corporations Act that the company AND Christine must follow in order to employ Sunil for the advertising campaign (10 marks). Part (b) Using your knowledge of director's duties, discuss the correctness of the below statement (10 marks). "Company directors have to exercise a very high standard of care and diligence under both the Corporations Act and case law because if they make a decision that causes any damage to the company, they will be personally liable to creditors."

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Part aUnder the Corporations Act the procedure that Layabout Ltd and Christine must follow to employ Sunil for the advertising campaign involves several steps Disclosure of Interest Christine as a dir... View the full answer