ASIC’s new insolvency ‘ROCAP’ – the Report On Company Activities and Property
The long history of the report as to affairs in corporate insolvency – the RATA – which started ...
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NSW Registered Clubs – insolvency law change required
Registered clubs all over the country get into financial trouble, sometimes requiring the formal insolvency processes under the ...
Competing with phoenix operators, rather than combatting – a goverment liquidator
The World Bank has come out with reports[1] that support the Australian government’s attempts to control unlawful phoenix ...
ASIC’s 2018 annual report – insolvency, what to expect
An interesting aspect of ASIC’s forthcoming 2018 annual report will be its review of the operation of the ...
Too poor to be made bankrupt?
Most bankruptcies pay nothing to unsecured creditors. But there are only limited circumstances where a debtor can resist ...
Unclaimed moneys in bankruptcies – the law reformed
Those who are owed “unclaimed moneys” arising from a bankruptcy – for example a creditor whose dividend payment ...
The bankruptcy of Lehman Bros – a mere coincidence
Ten years ago, on 15 September 2008, Professor Rosalind Mason of QUT Brisbane and I gave a paper ...
NZ Insolvency Practitioners Bill – RITANZ submission
The submission of RITANZ of 7 September 2018 on the proposed Insolvency Practitioners Bill presently before the NZ ...
Ordinary course of post – now 7 days not 4
Section 160 of the Commonwealth Evidence Act 1995 has been amended to change the day when posted letters are ...
International cross-border insolvency – an Australian diary
Some selected diary items of interest to Australian readers, and others. September 2018 QUT Law – Dr ...