Company Meetings - disputes and invalidity

This seminar will cover the technical and complicated rules associated with company shareholder and board meetings including the serious consequences arising from non-compliance with the rules. The seminar will address the detailed case law relating to company meetings and the relevant principles relating to notices of meetings, quorum and voting at meetings, adjournment and postponement of meetings, amendments to resolutions, format and formality of company meetings, and the relevance of a chairperson’s and board’s duty to act for proper purposes. It will also address the consequences of invalidity of company resolutions including the impact on company contracts, appointment and removal of directors, the issue of shares and other company decisions, and will include:

• how to give proactive advice to your clients
• issues and problems that could lead to disputes.

Learning objectives

By attending this seminar you will:

• Gain an understanding of the rules associated with company meetings and the consequences of invalidity of a meeting.
• Learn how to best advise corporate clients how to notify and conduct shareholder and board meetings.

Who should attend

Lawyers practising in litigation, bank/finance, company/commercial, in-house, mediation, lending.

Presenters

Dr John Land
Bankside Chambers, Auckland

John specialises in competition law and commercial litigation. He has experience in all aspects of company law, including shareholder disputes, claims of oppression by shareholders, breaches of directors’ duties, directors’ liability insurance, company contracting and company meetings, and the enforcement of rights and remedies arising under the Companies Act 1993. John has taught the Auckland Law School’s undergraduate company law course on 14 occasions, and a postgraduate course on one occasion, and has published widely in the fields of company and competition law.
 

Peter Watts KC FRSNZ
Bankside Chambers, Auckland

Peter is a barrister practising in company and commercial law. He is also Visiting Professor and Senior Research Fellow at Harris Manchester College, Oxford University, and Emeritus Professor, Auckland University. He is the author of and contributor to: Directors’ Powers and Duties (3rd ed, LexisNexis, 2022); Company Law in New Zealand (2nd ed, LexisNexis, 2016) and Morison’s Company and Securities Law (LexisNexis looseleaf). Peter is also the General Editor of Bowstead & Reynolds on Agency (23rd ed, Sweet & Maxwell, 2024) and a contributing author to Heath & Whale on Insolvency.

Resources

A PDF book is included in the seminar fee and will be emailed to you along with your ticket, one week before the seminar.

Live web stream registrants – you will be emailed a link to join the live stream one week before. For information on what is required to participate in the live web stream, click here. A recording will be distributed approximately one week after the event.

Live Stream Recording

All attendees will recieve four weeks of access to the live stream recording. This added benefit allows you to revisit key insights, in your own time – at your own pace, and reinforce your understanding to extend the value of your learning well beyond attending the event. Recordings will be available approximately one week after the event.

Fee (incl GST)

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• $205 – Law Society members & associate members
• $295 – Non-members
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Cancellation and refund policy

You may cancel your registration eight working days in advance of an event, and you will receive a refund less a 25% administration fee. If you cancel less than eight working days in advance of the event, no refund is payable. If you are unable to attend, you may transfer your registration to another person. If you wish to do so you must advise CLE New Zealand Law Society in writing of the change. CLE reserves the right to close registrations, and cancel or reschedule an event as necessary. Where an event is cancelled by CLE, a full refund is payable. View full Law Society event terms.