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With changing law and changing technology, it is important that a company's founding document – its Constitution – continues to be compliant, meets the requirements of its daily activities and is written in plain language. Cleardocs has recently undertaken a simplification of its existing Company Constitution product. To mark the release of this product, this article outlines the benefits that a simple Constitution can offer.
Melissa Ramov, Maddocks LawyersThe Cleardocs Constitution was updated when this change was first introduced. However, companies which have not updated their Constitutions since 2010 are likely to have an unnecessary restriction on the declaration of dividends remaining.
The simplified Company Constitution product will be offered by Cleardocs from early April 2018.
For more information, contact Maddocks on (03) 9258 3555 and ask to speak to a member of the Commercial team.
You can read earlier ClearLaw articles on a range of company registration topics.
Qualifications: LLB (Hons), BEc (Hons), Monash University
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