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2005 - Media commentary on current issues

ACCC brings enforcement action against Visy Industries and Richard Pratt alleging participation in a cartel with Amcor Ltd

  1. "Legal case could last years", The Herald Sun, 23 December 2005, page 15, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay; also in the Courier  Mail, 23 December 2005, page 31
  2. ABC Radio National, The PM Program, 22 December 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  3. Sky TV, The Business News Program, 22 December 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

ASIC enforcement of continuous disclosure rules

  1. "Disclosure rules on tortuous path", The Australian Financial Review, 21 December 2005, page 7, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Strengthening of the Australian Stock Exchange investigation and enforcement operations

  1. "ASX turns the heat on insiders", The Age, Business section, 16 December 2005, page 5, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay; also in the West Australian, 16 December 2005, page 43

Research indicating that the NSW Supreme Court hands down most corporate law judgments

  1. "NSW dominates corporate cases", The Australian Financial Review, 16 December 2005, page 47, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Henry Kaye charged with dishonestly obtaining a financial advantage by deception under the Crimes Act of Victoria

   1.    ABC TV, The 7pm News Program, 9 December 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay 
   2.    ABC Radio National, The PM Program, 9 December 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

 Shareholder votes on remuneration

    1.   "Boards listening to backers toey over pay", The Sydney Morning Herald, 7 December 2005, 
           page 25, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay; also in The Age, Business section, page 3

James Hardie Industries Ltd signs agreement for $1.568 billion funding for asbestos victims

  1. Sky TV, The Business News Program, 1 December 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  2. "Hardie agreement", The Australian, 30 November 2005, page 5, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  3. ABC TV, The Inside Business Program, 27 November 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Directors' duties and corporate social responsibility: possible law reform
  1. "Reform on the horizon as asbestos pain continues", The Australian Financial Review, 30 November 2005, page 61, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  2. "Calls to protect corporate conscience", The Australian Financial Review, 23 November 2005, page 4, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Banks chosen to arrange the sale of the remaining government stake in Telstra Corporation

  1. "ABN Amro, UBS and Goldman to advise on A$25 billion Telstra sale", Bloomberg.com, 24 November 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

ASIC report on inspection of auditor independence

  1. "ASIC report finds no breaches - mid tier firms next', Across the Board, November 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Termination payments for executives
  1.  "Disclosure won't spoil the exec payout party", The Australian, 15 November 2005, page 21, interview with Professor Geof Stapledon

Election of directors of Australian Wool Innovation Ltd

  1. ABC Regional Radio (NSW, SA, Vic, WA and Tas), The Country Hour Program, 9 November 2005, interview with Associate Professor Pamela Hanrahan

Comments of the judge in the Channel 7 trade practices litigation on the need for mediation to resolve the dispute

  1. ABC Radio National, The World Today Program, 4 November 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Bradley Cooper found guilty of corruption in relation to transactions with HIH Insurance

  1. "Cooper could be in for a long jail term: expert", The Australian Financial Review, 2 November  2005, page 6, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  2. ABC TV, The 7.30 Report Program, 31 October 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  3. Sky TV, The Business News Program, 31 October 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  4. ABC Radio National, The PM Program, 31 October 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
     

Government inquiry into allegations that AWB Ltd made payments to the former Iraqi regime to circumvent the UN Oil for Food Program

  1. "Directors of AWB may be at legal risk", The Australian, 2 November 2005, page 3, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Developments in directors' duties

  1. "Directors wake up to business", In the Black (CPA Australia), October 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Calls for James Hardie Industries Ltd CEO to explain his dismissal from a former position

  1. "Come clean over "sacking", Hardie warned", The Australian, 20 October 2005, page 5, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay 
  2. "Heat on new chief over sacking", The Australian, 19 February 2005, page 2, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Calls for ASIC to expand its public database of people banned from managing companies

  1. "ASIC under fire for not listing criminals", The Age, Business section, 18 October 2005, page 2, interview with Associate Professor Pamela Hanrahan
     

Establishment of taskforce on reducing the regulatory burden on business

  1. "Unions, consumers fear red tape slashing", The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 October 2005, page 23, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
     

Debate over whether there should be a cooling off period before politicians move into the private sector

  1. "Row over Carr's plum job at bank", The Australian, 11 October 2005, page 5, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Federal Court decision on the rights of shareholders in an administration who have been mislead when purchasing shares  

  1. "Death by a thousand cuts", The Australian Financial Review, 21 September 2005, page 61 interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  2. "It's no holders barred as creditors wrestle with judgment', The Australian, 17 September 2005, page 34, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  3. "Court ranks shareholders alongside creditors", The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 September 2005, page 17, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Debate on whether fund managers should disclose how they vote the shares they hold

  1. "Fund managers under pressure to disclose vote on executive pay", The Australian Financial Review, 20 September 2005, page 5, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

ASIC commences investigation into whether Telstra Corporation breached its continuous disclosure obligations

  1. ABC TV, The Midday News and Business Program, 8 September 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  2. "Eyes on Telstra chairman", The Herald Sun, 8 September 2005, page 34, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  3. SBS TV, The World News Program, 7 September 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  4. ABC Radio National, Various News Programs, 7 September 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  5. "Howard, ASIC target Telstra", The Australian, 7 September 2005, page 2, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  6. "Jail threat over disclosures", The Australian, 7 September 2005, page 31, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  7. Radio 3AW, News Program, 7 September 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  8. "PM chided for call to 'talk up interests'", The Australian Financial Review, 7 September 2005, page 4, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  9. ABC TV, The Lateline Program, 6 September 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  10. Sky TV, The Evening News Program, 6 September 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Multiplex Ltd financial problems with the construction of Wembley stadium and disclosure issues

  1. "Memo warned about Multiplex losses", The Australian, 6 September 2005, page 24, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  2. ABC TV, The 4 Corners Program, 5 September 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Disputes between the senior management of Telstra Corporation and the government

  1. "Business divided on Trujillo's shock tactics", The Age, Business section, 8 September 2005, page 5, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  2. "Canberra may carp but Trujillo's bound to tell", The Australian, 3 September 2005, page 35, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Use of offshore trusts

  1. "Offshore trusts used as a veil", The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 August 2005, page 23, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Shareholder advisory votes on directors' and executives' remuneration

  1. "Win or lose, shareholders' vote on executive pay may still count", The Australian Financial Review, 25 August 2005, page 5, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

NSW Supreme Court decision on duties of company executives

  1. "Ruling puts management in spotlight", The Australian Financial Review, 24 August 2005, page 3, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Location of corporate headquarters in Sydney and Melbourne

  1. "And the perfect city to live in is...", The Australian Financial Review, 20 August 2005, page 20, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Roy Hilliard, Steve Vizard's former bookkeeper, sentenced to two years suspended imprisonment for false accounting

  1. ABC TV, The Midday News and Business Program, 18 August 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  2. ABC TV, The Lateline Program, 17 August 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  3. ABC TV, The 7pm News Program, 12 August 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  4. ABC Radio National, The PM Program, 12 August 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

International regulation of insider trading

  1. "No regulation on international playing field", The Age, Business section, 8 August 2005, page B1, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Corporate liability for environmental cleanups

  1. ABC TV, The Stateline Program, 29 July 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Steve Vizard banned from managing companies for 10 years and penalised $390,000 for breaches of his duties as a director of Telstra in relation to share trading

  1. "Where ASIC went wrong", The Bulletin, 2 August 2005, page 19, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  2. "Why the force isn't with Australia's corporate police", The Bulletin, 2 August 2005, page 48, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  3. Channel 9 TV, The Today Program, 29 July 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  4. "Judge doubles ban for shamed Vizard", The Daily Telegraph, 29 July 2005, page 2, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  5. "ASIC rejects criticism", The Herald Sun, 29 July 2005, page 30, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  6. "10-year ban, $390,000 fine for Vizard", The Maitland Mercury, 29 July 2005, page 16, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  7. ABC TV, The Lateline Program, 28 July 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  8. SBS TV, The World News Program, 28 July 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  9. ABC TV, The 7pm News Program, 28 July 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  10. Channel 7 TV, The Today Tonight Program, 28 July 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  11. Channel 10 TV, The TEN News Program, 28 July 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  12. ABC Radio National, The PM Program, 28 July 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  13. ABC Radio 702 (Sydney), ABC Radio 891 (Adelaide), Radio 2SM (Sydney), Various News Programs, 28 July 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  14. ABC Radio 774 (Melbourne), The Morning Program, 28 July 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Ethics and corporate governance

  1. "The shame game", The Age, Business section, 30 July 2005, page B1, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay; also "It's a hard trick to balance propriety with transparency", The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 August 2005, page 18, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Stephen Vizard admits breaches of his duties as a director of Telstra in relation to share trading

  1. "Anger over 'lenient' treatment of Vizard", The Canberra Times, 23 July 2005, page 3, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay; also in the Ballarat Courier, 23 July 2005, page 20
  2. Growing anger over penalties sought in Vizard case", Australian Associated Press, 22 July 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  3. "Just pure greed: ASIC", The Age, 22 July 2005, page 6, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  4. ABC Radio National, The AM Program, 22 July 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  5. "It's no laughing matter", The Hobart Mercury, 22 July 2005, page 18, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  6. ABC Radio 774 (Melbourne), The Morning Program, 21 July 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  7. "Vizard readies bid for lenient penalty", The Australian Financial Review 21 July 2005, page 5, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  8. "Trading scandal - Vizard's shares shame", The Adelaide Advertiser, 20 July 2005, page 21, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  9. "Vizard's future as lawyer in doubt", The Age, 19 July 2005, page 2, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  10. "Melbourne Inc freezes out Vizard ahead of d-day in court", The Australian, 19 July 2005, page 4, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  11. Radio 2CC (Canberra), The Afternoon Program, 19 July 2005, interview with Associate Professor Pamela Hanrahan
  12. "Pressure on for watchdog to justify Vizard decision", The Age, Business section, 18 July 2005, page B1, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  13. "Vizard's remorse 'key role in court'", The Australian, 18 July 2005, page 29, interview with Associate Professor Pamela Hanrahan
  14. "Errant director admits his guilt", The Geelong Advertiser, 18 July 2005, page 7, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  15. ABC TV, The 7pm News Program, 17 July 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  16. Channel 9 TV, The Business Sunday Program, 17 July 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  17. "Vizard says he is 'deeply sorry' ", Australian Associated Press, 17 July 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  18. "Costello to look into Vizard case", The Australian Financial Review, 12 July 2005, page 5, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  19. ABC Radio 702 (Sydney), The Morning Program, 7 July 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  20. Radio 3AW (Melbourne), News Program, 6 July 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  21. Radio 2CC (Canberra), The Morning Program, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  22. "Spotlight on ASIC over Vizard", The Australian Financial Review, 6 July 2005, page 9, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  23. "Question mark on why Vizard is not charged", The Adelaide Advertiser, 6 July 2005, page 37, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  24. "Why insiders stay out", The Herald Sun, 6 July 2005, page 39, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  25. ABC TV, The 7pm News Program, 5 July 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  26. ABC TV, The 7.30 Report Program, 5 July 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  27. ABC Radio National, The PM Program, 5 July 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  28. ABC Radio 774 (Melbourne), ABC Radio 666 (Canberra), ABC Radio 720 (Perth), ABC Radio 936 (Hobart), Various News Programs, 5 July 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  29. ABC TV, The Midday News and Business Program, 5 July 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  30. ABC Radio 774 (Melbourne), The Morning Program, 5 July 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  31. "ASIC begins civil action", The Herald Sun, 5 July 2005, page 4, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Enforcement of insider trading laws

  1. "Inside out", The Age, Business section, 23 July 2005, page B1, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Judge strikes out the Gunns Ltd statement of claim against environmental activist

  1. ABC Radio - Northern Tasmania, 18 July 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Penalties for corporate crime

  1. "Doing the crime but not the time", The Australian, 15 July 2005, page 21, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Union shareholder activism

  1. ABC TV, The Inside Business Program, 10 July 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Challenges for regulators in enforcing corporate laws

  1. "Moral demons", The Age, Business section, 9 July 2005, page 1, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Possible corporate restructuring in response to planned industrial relations law changes

  1. "All workers may be on notice over dismissal", The Australian, 5 July 2005, page 2, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

High Court of Australia decision denying a claim for deep vein thrombosis against Qantas Airways and British Airways

  1. "Australian High Court finds no DVT case against airlines", Dow Jones News, 24 June 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

NSW government proposal to provide immunity to directors and officers of James Hardie industries Ltd from possible civil penalty actions under the Corporations Act

  1. "Please release me", The Australian, 22 June 2005, page 25, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  2. "Hardie bosses must be liable: Costello", The Australian Financial Review, 28 May 2005, page 4, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Rodney Adler conducting business from jail

  1. ABC Radio 702 (Sydney), The Morning Program, 20 June 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Institutional shareholder activism

  1. "Institutions learn to cop it sweet", The Australian, 3 June 2005, page 31, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Business Council of Australia report on the growth of regulation

  1. "Red tape grows at three times GDP rate", The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 May 2005, page 22, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee report on corporate duties below board level

  1. "Crackdown on negligent managers", The Australian Financial Review, 13 May 2005, page 25, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Death of Rene Rivkin and the ASIC investigation of his share investments

  1. "Rivkin's death no obstacle to appeal", The Australian, 14 May 2005, page 3, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  2. "Watchdog chased Rivkin", The Australian, 3 May 2005, page 3, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  3. ABC TV, The Lateline Program, 2 May 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  4. Sky TV, The Business Report Program, 2 May 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  5. ABC Radio National, The World Today Program, 2 May 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Perpetual Trustees $52.5 million share plan for several of its fund managers

  1. "Perpetual's $52m offer to top guns", The Australian Financial Review, 2 May 2005, page 52, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Rio Tinto annual general meeting and the election of directors

  1. ABC Radio National, The PM Program, 29 April 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Coles Myer Ltd admits to contraventions of the Trade Practices Act

  1. "Cole Myer settles with ACCC", The Australian Financial Review, 27 April 2005, page 55, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Ethical decision making in business

  1. "Value-added organisations need first to sort ethics from morals", The Age, 27 April 2005, page 21, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Use of share derivatives in takeovers

  1. "ASIC targets merger swaps", The Australian, 25 April 2005, page 27, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

HIH Insurance directors Rodney Adler and Ray Williams sentenced to terms of imprisonment

  1. ABC Radio National, The Law Report Program, 19 April 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  2. "Jailing the men who changed corporate regulation in Australia - the legacy of HIH", Across the Board, 19 April 2005, page 1, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  3. Radio Adelaide, The Wire, 19 April 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  4. ABC Radio National, The AM Program, 16 April 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  5. ABC Radio National, ABC Radio 702 (Sydney), ABC Radio 774 (Melbourne), ABC Radio 891 (Adelaide), ABC Radio 936 (Hobart), Various News Programs, 16 April 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  6. "Jail time too short say HIH victims, The Australian, 16 April 2005, page 33, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  7. "No crime wave, say experts", The Australian, 16 April 2005, page 36, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  8. "Appealing or not, fewer words don't mean shorter sentences", The Australian Financial Review, 16 April 2005, page 12, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  9. Channel 7 TV, The Today Tonight Program, 15 April 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  10. ABC Radio Newcastle, The Drive Program, 15 April 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  11. ABC Radio 702 (Sydney), The Morning Program, 15 April 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  12. ABC Radio 774 (Melbourne), The Morning Program, 15 April 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  13. "Corporate criminals will pay: Costello", The Australian, 15 April 2005, page 4, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  14. "Williams about to see value of regret", The Australian Financial Review, 15 April 2005, page 89, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  15. SBS TV, The World News Tonight Program, 14 April 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Investigation of General Reinsurance Australia Ltd by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority

  1. "Berkshire unit investigated by Australian regulator", Bloomberg.com, 14 April 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Threat by several state governments to withdraw support for Commonwealth government regulation of companies

  1. "Gambit on laws would be costly", The Australian, 12 April 2005, page 2, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  2. ABC Radio National, The AM Program, 11 April 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Forthcoming sentencing of HIH directors Ray Williams and Rodney Adler

  1. "Williams, Adler about to face music", The Australian, 11 April 2005, page 27, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Study on the need for directors with more diverse backgrounds

  1. "Fund managers for boards", The Australian Financial Review, 11 April 2005, page 7, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Need for more disclosure about directors appointed to boards

  1. "Behind the boardroom doors", The Herald Sun, 9 April 2005, page 89, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

High Court decision on directors and officers liability insurance

  1. "Liability ruling cheers directors", The Australian Financial Review, 8 April 2005, page 5, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Commentary on the decision of the Federal Government to ask the Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee (of which Professor Ian Ramsay is a member) to investigate possible reform of directors' duties

  1. "If there's no bar to responsible boards, new plans could backfire", The Age, 6 April 2005, page 15, article commenting on Professor Ian Ramsay's article in the Australian Financial Review on 5 April 2005
  2. "Pushing the limit for directors", The Australian Financial Review, 5 April 2005, page 63, article written by Professor Ian Ramsay
  3. "Law push on director duties", The Sunday Age, Business section, 27 March 2005, page 5

Study of appointments to boards of directors

  1. "The well-paid, recycled directors' club", The Age, 6 April 2005, page 15, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

University of Melbourne graduate law programs

  1. "Selling the law", Australasian Legal Business, September 2005, Issue 3.9, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  2. "School's In", Australasian Legal Business, April 2005, page 50, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  3. "Master's degree for jack of all trades", The Australian Financial Review, 4 April 2005, page 36, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Takeovers boom in Australia

  1. "UBS, Deutsche Bank lead advisers for Australian M&A", Bloomberg.com, 1 April 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Advisers appointed to conduct scoping study for the Telstra 3 sell down

  1. " UBS and Caliburn to advise on T3", The Sydney Morning Herald, Business section, 30 March 2005, page 17, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay; also "Bankers set for millions after T3 coup", The Age, Business section, 30 March 2005, page 13

Former National Australia Bank currency options trader pleads guilty to dishonestly using his position

  1. "Former NAB trader pleads guilty", The International Herald Tribune, 23 March 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Corporate collapses and corporate law reform

  1. "Calls for business rules to be made simpler", The Adelaide Advertiser, 23 March 2005, page 49, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay; also "Collapses raise red tape fears", The Herald Sun, 23 March 2005, page 48, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Legal action by Australian Wool Innovation against the animal rights group PETA

  1. ABC Radio North West, South Australia and North West, Western Australia, 23 March 2005, interview with Associate Professor Pamela Hanrahan

Possibility of Walter Construction trading while insolvent

  1. ABC Radio National, The AM Program, 22 March 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Possible liability of James Hardie Industries in relation to the Baryulgil asbestos mine

  1. "Warning on Hardie 'sellout'", The Australian, 22 March 2005, page 6, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Penalties for white collar crime

  1. "A bad week for corporate criminals", The Australian Financial Review, 19 March 2005, page 22, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Multiplex financial write downs and the building of Wembley stadium

  1. "Raising the stakes", The Australian, 17 March 2005, page 39, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Seminar on the Takeovers Panel organised by the Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation

  1. "Getting what you need from the Panel five years on", Australian Corporate News, 6 April 2005, page 64
  2. "Conflicts of interest good for takeovers", The Australian Financial Review, 14 March 2005, page 5

Government proposal to make it more difficult for shareholders to call a meeting of shareholders

  1. "Give us a high five first", The Sydney Morning Herald, 9 March 2005, Money section, page 11, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay; also in The Age, 9 March 2005, Money section

Legal costs in relation to a company liquidation following a voluntary administration

  1. "Barrister faults the Corporations Act", Lawyers Weekly, 25 February 2005, page 1, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Corporate governance issues in 2005

  1. "2005 business forecast", In the Black (Australian CPA), February 2005, page 30, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Disclosure of superannuation fees

  1. "Choice disclosure rules still a worry", The Australian Financial Review, 21 February 2005, page 55, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

James Hardie Industries Ltd asbestos litigation in the US

  1. "Asbestos kills golden goose", The Australian, 19 February 2005, page 28, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Rodney Adler, former HIH director, pleads guilty to four criminal charges

  1. "Adler faces up to 20 years jail over collapse that changed corporate Australia", Across the Board, 22 February 2005, page 2, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  2. ABC Radio Sydney, The Morning Program, 17 February 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  3. Radio 2CC Canberra, The Breakfast Program, 17 February 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  4. ABC TV, The 7.30 Report Program, 16 February 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  5. ABC Radio National, The PM Program, 16 February 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

ASIC's first successful insider trading civil litigation

  1. "Big penalties for two insider traders", The Australian Financial Review, 16 February 2005, page 9, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Law reform following the Special Commission of Inquiry into James Hardie Industries

  1. "Reform rush would be unwise", The Australian Financial Review, 10 February 2005, page 63, article written by Professor Ian Ramsay

John Elliott declared bankrupt

  1. ABC Radio National, The Law Report Program, 8 February 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Gunns Ltd litigation against environmental activists

  1. "Pulp fiction silences critics", The Australian Financial Review, 2 March 2005, page 61, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
  2. The Sunday Tasmanian, 6 February 2005, page 10, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Corporate political donations

  1. Sky TV, The Business Report Program, 1 February 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

James Hardie Industries Ltd faces additional compensation claims from asbestos victims in the Asia Pacific region

  1. Sky TV, The Business Report Program, 27 January 2005, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Book-builds for IPOs

  1. "The unequal investor", The Australian Financial Review, 22 January 2005, page 21, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Responsibility of CEOs for financial reports

  1. "Survey faults CEOs on reporting rules", The Australian Financial Review, 18 January 2005, page 6, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Developments at National Australia Bank since the problems of 2004

  1. "Kraehe takes war one battle at a time", The Australian Financial Review, 13 January 2005, page 36, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Social responsibility and directors' duties

  1. "Time to take a longer-term view", The Australian Financial Review, 11 January 2005, page 35, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
     

 

  
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