Directors’ Guarantees

If you’re in the business of supplying goods or services to other businesses, you’ll find that many of your customers carry on business through companies. If any of those companies fail, while still owing you money, you might never receive the money owed to you, despite the obvious wealth of the company’s owners.
Except in certain circumstances, the shareholders of companies are not personally responsible for the company’s debts. That is, unless you insist you will not give credit to the company until the individuals who run the company give their personal guarantee in respect of the company’s obligations to you.
The law requires that guarantees be in writing.
If it’s not already part of your business practices, we recommend that you change to require written guarantees for the directors of your corporate customers in every case.
If you have any queries about this or any other aspect of business law then please contact us on 07 5443 9988 or enquiry@argonlaw.com.au.
Argon Law is a Sunshine Coast law firm based in Maroochydore.  We are commercial lawyers and property lawyers and are eager to assist you in any way we can.