Trustees: Your risk of personal liability in property sales
Firstly, a warning to anyone selling or buying property to/from a trust – have your lawyer check upfront that you are adequately protected by the terms of the sale agreement. The problem is that contracting with trusts has its own specific set of rules and, as a recent High Court case illustrates, standard sale agreements […]
DIRECTORS AND PERSONAL LIABILITY: THE LITTLE-KNOWN SECTION WAITING IN AMBUSH
Since the “new” 2008 Companies Act came into effect in 2011, directors and other company officers have had to shoulder a raft of additional responsibilities and risks, amongst them a significantly increased risk of personal liability. Consider for example the little-known section 218(2) which waits in ambush for the unwary in the “Miscellaneous Matters” section […]