0 action that is considered reasonable for people to be expected to take in order to keep themselves or others and their property safe:
1 the action that is considered reasonable for people to take in order to keep themselves or others and their property safe:
2 the detailed examination of a company and its financial records, done before becoming involved in a business arrangement with it, such as buying it or selling its shares to investors:
3 the duty that the owner of a ship has to protect the people and goods on the ship from harm:
If the client group undertakes due diligence, they may check references and visit similar projects, including ones completed by your firm.
However, not to go beyond this and enquire into the personal circumstances of the sellers was to strip out any moral dimension to the concept of 'due diligence'.
The fact that an accused person has used due diligence is often regarded as a defence to a charge against him.
He will have to convince the court that he exercised all due diligence.
He has chosen to remove "wilfully"and to insert"due diligence" as a defence.
If the executors, using due diligence, find someone entitled to legitim they must pay it to him without any initiative on his part.
These should include such basic due diligence as ensuring that the trust deed—at the heart of a unit trust—complies with the rules governing it.
It is discharging that role with due diligence and it is important that we support it in that regard.
