Litigants in person – issues for judges
Judges have to be careful about making public statements on current issues that may allow claims of bias. ...
Category: Case law
Building security of payment laws – the impact of the claimant’s insolvency
Now that we have some consistent security of payment laws across the states and territories protecting building sub-contractors, ...
Litigation ‘for the benefit of creditors’ – really?
How much do unsecured creditors receive out of a liquidation or bankruptcy from any ‘successful’ judgment obtained by ...
Insolvency administrator’s lack of attention to the sale of complex assets
A UK insolvency administrator has been found to have acted in breach of his duties to a broadcasting ...
Coshott – a field of study?
Robert Gilbert Coshott was made bankrupt on 7 November 2008: see Shipton Lodge Cobbitty Pty Ltd v Coshott ...
Last minute attempts to avoid a business being liquidated
When directors appoint a voluntary administrator the day before their company is before the court on a creditor’s ...
Practitioner’s bankruptcy registration cancelled, and liquidator registration indefinitely suspended
A bankruptcy disciplinary committee has issued its reasons for deciding to cancel the registration of a trustee in ...
Bad timing? or will Euclid save the day?
Calculation of time limits in law should be straightforward but judges have taken us to the mathematics of ...
Environmental regulator prevails over liquidators’ right of disclaimer – decision of the Supreme Court of Canada
The rights of an environmental regulator against an insolvent company prevail over the right of the company’s liquidator ...
An employee or an independent contractor? a checklist
The AAT has given a useful decision, finely balanced on the facts and the law, that a person ...