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TIP – The Insolvency Portal
27/11/2022
Finland
forms
General
Insolvency profession
My 2022 versions of the Bankruptcy Act and the Corporations Act retain much of the process and procedure found in
Winding up a foreign company – Blumenthal’s Tipsy Cake
25/02/2020
foreign companies
General
Law & Practice
Articles
Tipsy Cake was wound up on 12 February 2020, having had provisional liquidators appointed on 20 December 2019, who then
Cafés and restaurants – at a tipping point, in 2018, and now?
22/07/2019
cafes and restaurants
STP
General
Articles
In light of current (July 2019) reports about restaurants’ tax [non] compliance, my article of a year ago, 15 July
NOCLAR – accountants’ reporting of offences
04/12/2023
Some while ago, I took an interest in the professional obligation that accountants decided to impose on themselves to respond
Australia on a slide? [continued]
16/11/2023
AML/CTF
corruption
While I need to update my February 2022 comments below, and note for example that the government has now given
Penalties imposed on debt agreement administrator for false and misleading, threatening and coercive conduct against debtors
16/12/2022
AFSA
ASIC
debt agreements
ASIC has succeeded in obtaining penalties against A & M group for false and misleading threatening and coercive conduct against
A productive insolvency regime – who knows?
15/11/2022
In the various calls for a holistic review of Australian insolvency law, there is little explanation of what exactly needs
Association of Independent Insolvency Practitioners’ Third National Insolvency Conference
01/07/2022
AFSA
AIIP
ASIC
ATO
“Are you ready to rumble” in the insolvency jungle was the opening question at the Association of Independent Insolvency Practitioners
Australia’s safe harbour protection from insolvent trading liability, continued
05/04/2022
insolvent trading
safe harbour
The report on Australia’s safe harbour protection for directors (s 588GA) from what is said to be our strict insolvent
UK’s proposed single insolvency regulator – beware Australian comparisons [revised]
22/12/2021
single insolvency regulator
The Insolvency Portal TIP
After some long period of deliberation, the UK government has decided to itself take a direct role in the regulation
Australian MSME insolvency law reform
15/12/2021
Australian lawyers are presently represented at an international gathering of experts to address the need for particular insolvency laws for
Electronic delivery of documents in bankruptcy and liquidation – continued
03/10/2021
electronic service
Electronic Transactions Act 1999
In my earlier comments trying to work out why we now have unharmonized drafting approaches and rules for electronic service
Trustee “entirely blameless” in his dealings with a mentally infirm bankrupt
30/06/2021
mental condition
litigation representative
While there is now greater training available in dealing with those suffering mental illness for professionals working in debt counselling
Virgin Airlines – special leave to appeal granted by the Australian High Court on a matter of the interpretation of the Cape Town Convention
12/04/2021
Insolvency Law Bulletin
Cape Town Convention
Aircraft Protocol
Further to my report of 4 April 2021 below, the High Court of Australia has granted special leave to appeal
A proposed change of focus of the Australian Official Trustee in Bankruptcy
20/02/2021
Official Trustee
The Australian Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (OT) has sought comment on a significant refocus of its legal responsibilities by way
‘Modernising’ insolvency communications
06/01/2021
artificial intelligence
DIN
Modernising business registers
information technology
The Australian government’s consultation paper – Modernising Business Communications – Improving the Technology Neutrality[1] of Treasury Portfolio Laws, of December
UK gearing up for major corporate liquidations in ‘unpredictable times for the insolvency sector …’
15/09/2020
Insolvency Service UK
UK
special managers UK
public interest
In what appears to be ominous but necessary preparation for the continued economic consequences of COVID-19, the UK Insolvency Service
IP remuneration 2020
02/09/2020
INSOL’s remuneration Report – another perspective Insolvency practitioner remuneration is the subject of much comment and analysis, but not
Halifax – no reason why the NZ High Court should not physically sit in Australia …
18/12/2019
judges
NZ
General
Law & Practice
The on-going matter of the Halifax liquidation came before Justice Jacqueline Gleeson in the Federal Court of Australia (FCA) on
Halifax – a cross-border insolvency
15/12/2019
NZ
letter of request
General
Books and journals
A joint hearing of Australian and New Zealand courts is one way to deal with an intermingled cross-Tasman insolvency, through
Corporate phoenixing – a crime?
16/11/2019
ALRC
phoenix activity
criminal responsibilitry
pre-insolvency advisers
The Australian Law Reform Commission has released a Discussion Paper addressing a number of aspects of its reference on corporate
Insolvency of trading trusts – Keay comments
25/06/2019
Keay's Insolvency
trading trusts
General
Articles
Our 10th edition of Keay’s Insolvency was published in 2018 just after the Victorian Court of Appeal decision in Amerind,
Building security of payment laws – the impact of the claimant’s insolvency
15/02/2019
General
Blog
Now that we have some consistent security of payment laws across the states and territories protecting building sub-contractors, there is
A regulator ‘getting tough’
29/11/2018
Blog
This broadcast – Getting tough on untrustworthy advisors – in fact comes from the bankruptcy regulator, AFSA, about what it
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