| Action Involved |
Violations of Statutory Law |
Violation of Human Rights:
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
Other Violations |
1. The Australian Government
failed to protect Mr Rigg's rights established by law when a
manager of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) liquidated
his company although not insolvent.
|
* Corporation Law |
* Article 26 |
* Violation of basic
democratic principles |
| 2. Australian courts allowed
the breach of contracts with Mr Rigg's company and the altering
of accounts without the knowledge of Mr Rigg. |
* Corporation Law
* Contract Law
* Criminal Law |
* Article 26 |
* Violation of basic
democratic principles |
| 3. Australian courts ordered
the stripping of Mr Rigg's personal assets for alleged company
debts. |
* Corporation Law |
* Article 26 |
* Violation of basic
democratic principles |
| 4. Australian courts ordered
that the liquidator take possession of Mr Rigg's assets whilst
the litigation were not finalised. Mr Rigg consequently lost his
income and therefore was unable to defend the unlawful asset
stripping and company liquidation. |
* Bankruptcy Law
* Corporation Law |
* Article 2
* Article 14
* Article 26 |
* Violation of basic
democratic principles |
| 5. In Mr Rigg's case the
Australian Government refuse to investigate fraud and other
criminal offences alleged against the CBA |
* Criminal Law |
* Article 26 |
* Violation of basic
democratic principles |
| 6. The Australian Government
refuse to protect Mr Rigg's rights, accept a miscarriage of
justice and refuse him an effective remedy for the wrong he
suffered. Mr Rigg's case was one of many cases made known to the
Federal Government during the Federal Banking Inquiry in 1993.
This inquiry was triggered by bank customers claims that "two
major banks have been asset-stripping for years" and by that
destroying lives and many families. |
* Corporation Law
* Criminal Law
|
* Article 2
* Article 26
|
* Violation of basic
democratic principles |
