Australian Securities & Investments Commission v Kingsley Brown Properties Pty Ltd

[2005] VSC 506

Supreme Court of Victoria

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Catchwords

1. Corporations
2. › Winding up
3. › Just and equitable ground
4. › Application by ASIC
5. › Justifiable lack of confidence in conduct and management
6. › Absence of financial records
7. › Failure to keep proper books and records
8. › Company integral part of group
9. › Nexus between company and deficiencies in related company's affairs
10. › Public interest in investor protection
11. › Solvent company
12. › Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), s 461(1)(k)
1. Corporations
2. › Winding up
3. › Just and equitable ground
4. › Public interest considerations
5. › Protection of investors
6. › Repeated breaches of corporations law
7. › Fundraising without prospectus
8. › Whether public interest established where company has no current trading activity

Quick Take

A solvent company that is an integral member of a group characterised by serious failures in record-keeping, disclosure and management may be wound up on the just and equitable ground where there is a sufficient nexus between the company and the deficiencies in the group's affairs. The public interest in investor protection and compliance with corporations law may justify a winding up order even where the company has no current or intended trading activity.