By Dan Star QC -
Key decisions
- Australian Securities & Investments Commission v AMP Financial Planning Pty Ltd (No 2) [2020] FCA 69
- Von Schoeler v Allen Taylor and Company Ltd Trading as Boral Timber (No 2) [2020] FCAFC 13
- Sister Marie Brigid Arthur (Litigation Representative) v Northern Territory of Australia (No 2) [2020] FCA 215
Corporations law
‘Best interests obligations’ in Corporations Act, ss 961B, 961G and 961J – lack of culture of compliance – penalties
In Australian Securities & Investments Commission v AMP Financial Planning Pty Ltd (No 2) [2020] FCA 69 (5 February 2020) the Court gave its reasons for judgment concerning contraventions by AMP Financial Planning Pty Ltd (‘AMPFP’) of the best interests obligations and related duties in ss 961B, 961G and 961J of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (‘the Act’).