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Category > Law Posted 22 Sep 2017 My Price 10.00

Company Law for Business 266 SEMESTER 2 - 2014 ASSIGNMENT FOR BENTLEY

 

                                                                  
Company Law for Business 266

 

SEMESTER 2 – 2014

ASSIGNMENT FOR BENTLEY and ON-LINE

Sarah had a farm in Margaret River where part of the land was used for growing grapes. Her business involved growing the grapes and selling the crop to a local winery that was run by Jane. Two years ago, Sarah and Jane decided to go into business together and register a company Sarah Jane Pty Ltd, with the intention that Sarah would look after the growing of the grapes and Jane would extract the wine and promote the sale of the wine. Before the company was registered, Sarah’s accountant, Horace Rumpole, ordered some wine-making machinery from Joe Machinery Ltd under a contract which he signed as “agent of Sarah Jane Pty Ltd.” 

Sarah Jane Pty Ltd issued 300,000 $1 shares to Sarah and 200,000 $1 shares to Jane. Both Sarah and Jane transferred their businesses to the company in exchange for the shares. Sarah and Jane were made the directors of Sarah Jane Pty Ltd.

The business was very successful and required more capital, so a year ago Sarah and Jane decided to convert Sarah Jane Pty Ltd into a public company, ‘Sarah Jane Ltd’ with the following constitution:

“The provisions of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) shall apply to this company except for the following:

  1. Horace Rumpole shall be the company’s accountant until 31 December 2016.
  2. The company shall only grow grapes and operate a wine making business.”

 

Sarah Jane Ltd now has a large number of shareholders through the issue of 1 million shares to the public and the directors of the company are Sarah, Jane and Kate.

Six months ago, the directors of Sarah Jane Ltd decided that since they did not require all the land for growing grapes for their winery, they would grow wild flowers on a portion of it. This decision was based on recommendations from Horace Rumpole.

Being confident of the wild flower crop, Sarah Jane Ltd entered into a contract to supply Hilda Florists Ltd. However, the soil in the vineyard proved to be unsuitable for growing wild flowers and Sarah Jane Ltd could not supply Hilda Florists Ltd.

Hilda Florists Ltd had to purchase replacement flowers at great expense and demanded compensation from Sarah Jane Ltd. The directors of Sarah Jane Ltd have argued that their company could not be liable as it was beyond its capacity to enter into such a contract and Hilda Florists Ltd should have known this.

 

REQUIRED:

  1. Advise Sarah and Jane of the advantages and disadvantages of operating their business:

(i)                 separately;

(ii)               as Sarah Jane Pty Ltd; and

(iii)             as Sarah Jane Ltd.

[6 Marks]

 

  1. Discuss the procedure and the legal requirements that need to be satisfied to convert the company from Sarah Jane Pty Ltd to Sarah Jane Ltd. Also include in your answer whether Sarah Jane Ltd is a new company after the conversion.

[4 Marks]

 

  1. Discuss whether Hilda Florists Ltd has a claim against Sarah Jane Ltd?

[4 Marks]

 

  1. Sarah Jane Ltd has received an invoice from Joe Machinery Ltd for the purchase of the machinery. Sarah Jane Ltd has refused to pay the invoice.  Joe Machinery Ltd has demanded that Horace Rumpole pay to it the $50,000 owed for the machinery.  Advise Horace Rumpole on whether he has any liability in relation to the payment for the machinery.

[6 Marks]

 

  1. Sarah and Jane are displeased with Horace and wish to remove him as the company’s accountant. Can Horace enforce the clause in the company’s constitution pertaining to his employment as the company’s accountant?

[6 Marks]

 

  1. If Sarah Jane Ltd wanted to diversify into growing oranges, what is the correct procedure to allow the company to do this?

 [4 Marks]

 

 TOTAL 30 MARKS

 

 

Note:

 

  1. In your answers discuss cases and the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) where possible.
  2. In answering some parts of the questions, a full 4 step process may not be required. However, if application is required, please write the law before applying to solve the problem.
  3. You do not need to consider whether the directors have breached their duties when answering this question.

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