IBA Annual Conference Sydney 2017
8 Oct - 13 Oct 2017
Room C4.7, Convention Centre, Level 4
Session information
Issues in the liability of directors for loss caused to shareholders or creditors by directors' negligence or breach of duty
Wednesday 11 October (1430 - 1730)
Room C4.7, Convention Centre, Level 4
Committee(s)
Negligence and Damages Committee
(Lead)
Closely Held Companies Committee
Description
This session involves questions about statutory provisions on the liability of directors, negligence and breach of fiduciary and similar duties. The session chair will develop questions with jurisdiction-based content for each panellist based on the panellist’s country of practice. The audience will make contributions and pose questions for the panellists and the session chair will round up with a summary.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Professor Yusuf Ali SAN | Yusuf Ali & Co, Ilorin, Nigeria; Chair, Negligence and Damages Committee |
Speakers
| Kemsley Brennan | MinterEllison, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| S L Bunker | Competition Commission of India, New Delhi, India |
| Benedict Christ | VISCHER AG, Zürich, Switzerland |
| Charandeep Kaur | Trilegal, New Delhi, Delhi, India; Senior Vice Chair, Women Lawyers' Committee |
| Hermann Knott | Kunz Lawyers, Köln, Germany; Member, Law Firm Management Committee Advisory Board |
| Jeffrey Merk | Aird & Berlis, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Secretary-Treasurer, Professional Ethics Committee |