Trading Trusts Explained 2nd ed

Trading Trusts Explained 2nd edition is a quick introductory reference that aims to guide the commercial readers through the maze that is the interaction of corporations law and trust law.

This edition of Trading Trusts Explained considers a few significant developments in this area of the law since 2018. One is the decision of the High Court in Carter Holt Harvey Woodproducts Australia Pty Ltd v The Commonwealth of Australia. The thrust of that decision is that the priorities set out in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) apply when a company in liquidation is the trustee of a trading trust. Another is the Commonwealth Government review, Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services into corporate insolvency in Australia. The committee accepted that ‘cohesive legislative reform’ is warranted.

Features:

• An accessible introduction to a complex area of Australian commerce
• Covers the entire life cycle of a trading trust in many short chapters
• Suitable for anyone starting out in practice as a commercial lawyer, an accountant in private practice, or a student completing a practical legal training course on commercial law
• Includes a useful chart of companies and trusts often recommended by lawyers and accountants for a trading entity
• Provides examples of trust deeds
• Comes with a checklist of questions to ask before adopting a trading structure