The judgment provides a detailed factual analysis of a director's conduct in orchestrating a corporate restructure through voluntary administration that resulted in the director (via a special purpose vehicle) acquiring the group's core franchise business free of mezzanine debt obligations. The Court examined whether the director breached fiduciary and statutory duties under ss 180-184 of the Corporations Act by voting to place holding companies into voluntary administration for the alleged improper purpose of obtaining beneficial ownership of the core business unencumbered by the Koi mezzanine facility. The judgment text provided is incomplete and does not disclose the final determination on liability or the resolution of the competing contentions regarding whether the director genuinely formed the opinion that the entities were insolvent or likely to become insolvent.
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