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ASIC v Jones [GD Pork] – insolvency practitioner independence and pre-insolvency advice
01/09/2023
independence
remuneration
PJC Insolvency Inquiry 2022
A court decision concerning insolvency practitioner independence and pre-insolvency advice usefully raises issues recommended for law reform review by the
The government halts its Modernising Business Registers Program after an independent review
28/08/2023
ATO
phoenix activity
ASIC search fees
ASIC register
The federal government has announced it will stop its Modernising Business Registers (MBR) program following independent review findings that the
NZ Supreme Court confirms Mainzeal directors’ liabilities for over NZ$39 million
25/08/2023
insolvent trading
NZ
The Supreme Court of New Zealand has dismissed directors’ appeals from a finding that they must pay over NZ$6 million
PJC Recommendation – Pre-Insolvency Advisers – Part 1: summary
17/08/2023
pre-insolvency advisers
PJC Insolvency Inquiry 2022
The full article on this topic of 1800 words, for those interested, looks that the PJC Report recommendations about “untrustworthy
PJC recommendation – pre-insolvency advisers – Part 1
17/08/2023
AFCA
UK
pre-insolvency advisers
PJC Insolvency Inquiry 2022
The PJC Report on Corporate Insolvency 2023 has responded to concerns expressed about “untrustworthy pre-insolvency advisers”, those that are said
Sunlight on pre-insolvency advisers
13/08/2023
beneficial ownership
director identity number
single touch payroll
pre-insolvency advisers
Updated 14.8.23: While pondering the 2023 Parliamentary Joint Committee’s recommendations about pre-insolvency advisers, I am reminded to go back to
UK personal insolvency reforms – summary of responses and next steps
13/08/2023
Attorney-General
PJC Insolvency Inquiry 2022
Bankruptcy roundtable 2023
UK personal insolvency
In my comments of July 2023 following, I reviewed the 2022 call for evidence in the UK on reform of
Businesses are rarely neatly arranged when insolvency strikes
10/08/2023
ASBFEO
Part 5.3A
guarantees
Part 5.3B
While the government is thinking about the various recommendations of the PJC Report[1] about improving our current corporate insolvency laws,
Liquidator remuneration is “a perfect example of the many competing interests that arise in a liquidation” …
25/07/2023
remuneration
assetless
systems review
and is “indicative of broader systemic factors within the insolvency system itself …”. The recent PJC Report on corporate insolvency
What does our insolvency system produce? [re-issued July 2023]
25/07/2023
31 March 2022 Many of us who call for a major review of our insolvency laws must know that the
Looking more at deregistered companies
19/07/2023
“Enforcement agencies have long been aware of the role that the abandonment [deregistration] of companies plays in illegal phoenix activity.
Thoughts on the PJC’s Corporate Insolvency Report
19/07/2023
PJC Insolvency Inquiry 2022
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services (‘PJC’) handed down its Report into Corporate Insolvency in Australia on
Offence reporting by insolvency practitioners
17/07/2023
ASIC
offence reporting
PJC Insolvency Inquiry 2022
What is said to be the limited response by ASIC to corporate misconduct reports by liquidators is the subject of
UK insolvency practitioners to come under direct government regulation
17/07/2023
co-regulation
UK
IP regulation
PJC Insolvency Inquiry 2022
At the same time that the chair of the Australian PJC inquiry into corporate insolvency, Senator Deborah O’Neill, said that
Gender, and diversity, in insolvency practice, continued
17/07/2023
gender
Diversity
The July 2023 PJC report into corporate insolvency[1] makes recommendations on the “problem” of the limited female representation among liquidators,
UK’s review of its 2020 insolvency law reforms, with Australia compared
09/07/2023
Insolvency Service UK
monitors - UK
CIGA - UK
The quality of a recent UK review of its 2020 insolvency law reforms is compared with the approach taken in
Increase in Australian insolvency numbers
04/07/2023
bankruptcy
Statistics
PJC Insolvency Inquiry 2022
Personal insolvency numbers show a continued increase in numbers but still well below past figures; on the other hand, corporate
Should the firms of insolvency practitioners be regulated, along with the practitioner?
23/06/2023
Insolvency Service UK
IP regulation
PJC Insolvency Inquiry 2022
firms
While Australia is currently focusing on the standards of conduct of accounting firms, and their partners – see Ethics and
Principles of Regulation of Insolvency Practitioners – an international standard
17/05/2023
AFSA
ARITA
articles
ASIC
This comment was issued in October 2018; it is re-issued in May 2023, but not updated, for interest. The rather
Anti-money laundering laws to be improved, including registers of beneficial owners
11/05/2023
AUSTRAC
Register
trusts
PJC Insolvency Inquiry 2022
The 2023 budget has allocated funds for action on Anti‐Money Laundering and Counter‐Terrorism Financing (AML) laws, including a beneficial ownership
Insolvency law reform in Australia – three underlying concerns
06/04/2023
PJC Insolvency Inquiry 2022
With over 70 submissions from a wide variety of stakeholders and numerous answers to questions on notice, the parliamentary joint
Personal insolvency numbers – an increase or a decrease?
05/04/2023
PJC Insolvency Inquiry 2022
Bankruptcy roundtable 2023
While AFSA reports that personal insolvencies increased in number in February 2023, to 796, from 772 in January, this was
ASIC’s insolvency law enforcement role
27/03/2023
ASIC
PJC Insolvency Inquiry 2022
The Senate Economics References Committee is loading up submissions received on its reference into ASIC’s capacity and capability to “undertake
Attorney-General’s Roundtable on Personal Insolvency
23/03/2023
A summary of priority issues discussed at the Attorney-General’s personal insolvency law reform roundtable held on 2 March 2023 has
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