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Bell Group Ltd (in liq) v Westpac Banking Corp (No 9)

(2008) 39 WAR 1

JurisdictionAustralia

CourtSupreme Court of Western Australia

Year2008

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

The WASC held that transactions between the Bell Group companies and their banks were uncommercial transactions and unfair preferences under the Corporations Act; directors who permitted the transactions breached their duties to consider creditors' interests.

Area of Law

insolvency

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