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Litigation representatives and bankruptcy

A daughter’s evidence that her mother’s litigation and bankruptcy proceedings had become her mother’s “entire life” with her house “full of stacks of paper” and

NSW registered clubs (law) in trouble, again

What are described as the “arbitrary powers of the NSW Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority (ILGA)” are the subject of a recent critical comments by

Virgin Airlines – special leave to appeal granted by the Australian High Court on a matter of the interpretation of the Cape Town Convention

Further to my report of 4 April 2021 below, the High Court of Australia has granted special leave to appeal on a question of the

The new Attorney-General and business bankruptcies

As the new Attorney-General, Senator Michaelia Cash[1] will find her portfolio encompasses the current law reform debate about whether and for how long there should

Move bankruptcy from the Attorney-General to Treasury?

In light of the Attorney-General’s need to transfer some matters of his responsibility, a worthy area to transfer is the law and policy of personal

Neither a borrower nor a lender be – at least to a friend or a relative …

A guarantee given by a mother to a friend of her son for the son’s business debts ended up in court. There are lessons to

Appeals from sequestration orders made by registrars – continued

An appeal from a sequestration order made by a registrar in 2016 is being heard, in 2021. In bankruptcy litigation between a Ms Bechara and

Review of the English Insolvency Rules 2016

The 2016 insolvency rules of England and Wales are being reviewed, in accord with a statutory requirement to do so by 2022. A report on

‘The Vanishing Criminal – Causes of Decline in Australia’s Crime Rate’ – a book review

This is a very interesting and useful book, trying to explain why Australia’s crime rate has fallen in many areas, and continues to do so.

Double suspension as a liquidator and as a trustee

An experienced Australian insolvency practitioner (IP) has had his right to practise as a liquidator suspended by a Court for 3 years following a finding

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