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Beth Nosworthy

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Dan McCafferty

Dr Beth Nosworthy studied for undergraduate degrees in Science (Maths and Computer Science), Language and Law at the University of Adelaide, completing her Honours Dissertation for Law in 2003. After graduating, she worked as an Associate in the Supreme Court of South Australia and as a commercial lawyer with an Adelaide firm, before moving to the United Kingdom in 2005 in order to complete a Bachelor of Civil Law at the University of Oxford in 2006. She returned to Adelaide to undertake her PhD at the University of Adelaide, which investigated directors’ duties within closely held companies and was conferred in 2013. Beth is a lecturer in Equity and Corporate Law for the Adelaide Law School at an undergraduate level, and is involved in a number of postgraduate electives. Her current research interests include:

Fiduciary Obligations
Corporate Structure
Corporate Governance
Business Ethics

Photograph of Semester 1 clinic students.

Entrepreneur and Venture Advice Clinic Launches

The Adelaide Law School was proud to launch its fourth free legal advice service today, the Entrepreneur and Venture Advice Clinic. The clinic is housed within ThincLab, the University’s venture accelerator, and offers free, confidential advice to individuals, new start ups and small to medium enterprises (SMEs). EVAC is staffed by fourth and final year […]

Making Corporate Law Great Again: Attending the CLTA 2018 Conference

ROCIT members Professor Christopher Symes and Dr Beth Nosworthy attended at the Corporate Law Teachers’ Association Annual Conference in 2018, held at La Trobe’s city campus in Melbourne from 11 – 13 February. The CLTA Annual Conference is a highly regarded conference focussed on Corporate Law, drawing attendance from members of the profession and the […]

Adelaide Law School Corporate Law students’ success at ACUR

As part of the Small Group Discovery Experience in their Corporate Law class in 2016, Georgia Brazenall, Julia Grigonis-Gore, and Joe Ho worked together to complete a research assignment on ‘Illegal Phoenixing within Australia’. “We never imagined this would be the start of an invaluable and truly exciting research journey,” the students said, after that […]

Section 44 of the Constitution: Expecting the Unexpected

If you place yourself, for a moment, back one year to 2016, it is hard to imagine that s 44 of the Australian Constitution would be such a cause celebre in 2017.[1] Section 44 states that ‘any person who: is under any acknowledgement of allegiance, obedience, or adherence to a foreign power, or is a […]

Adelaide Law School collaborates with the Tax Institute – ‘How to tell people what you know’

On Wednesday 16th August, the Law School together with the Tax Institute held an event on the topic ‘How to tell people what you know’. Two speakers from the Adelaide Law School Professor Chris Symes, Dr Beth Nosworthy and partner, Matthew Andruchowycz from DMAW Lawyers provided useful advice in relation to how to develop good […]

Institutional Investors and Shareholder Resolutions – A useful tool of engagement?

On 31 May 2017, Ceres.org reported that a 62% majority voted in favour of a shareholder proposal calling on ExxonMobil to ‘assess and disclose how it is preparing its business for the transition to a low-carbon future.’ This proposal was co-filed by institutional investors, including the New York State Common Retirement Fund and the Church […]

ASIC Report 512 – Regulation of Corporate Finance

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (‘ASIC’) hosted a Corporate Finance Liason meeting in Adelaide on 7 March 2017, along with similar meetings in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth, to discuss Report 512, encapsulating the last six months of regulation of public corporate finance activity in Australia.

Corporate Law Teachers’ Association Annual Conference 2017

Five members of the University of Adelaide Law School attended at the CLTA 2017 Conference from 5-7 February, held at Griffith University Gold Coast Campus, entitled “Agile Corporate Law: CSR, Innvoation and Environment”.

CPD Seminar: Take a Further 20% Off!

On Wednesday 26 October 2016, the Adelaide Law School will host a CPD Seminar with a particular corporate focus. The Seminar, titled “Take a Further 20% Off!” will focus on corporate law advice to retail industry clients in financial difficulty. Presented by: Professor Christopher Symes and Dr Beth Nosworthy

The ASIC Registers and Privatisation: Should the Registers be run for profit?

In an article on Wednesday 14 September Anthony Klan, in the Australian, notes that businesses pay the government approximately $660m in filing fees to lodge material with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (‘ASIC’) Registers, and the government charges $60m per year to the public for access to those records. The ASIC Annual Report for […]

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