Australia

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

(2008) 39 WAR 1

JurisdictionAustralia

Year2008

Statusunclear

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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