Red Tape Committee and the words of Montesquieu
Montesquieu’s words from the 18th century – “les lois inutiles affaiblissent les lois nécessaires” – are often quoted in the modern context of the need to reduce “red tape”. That is, the idea of “useless laws weakening the necessary ones” is said to be an impact of too much red tape clutter in our laws that only […]
Another new co-regulation regime for insolvency practitioners – NZ, following the UK and India
Just as India has introduced co-regulation of its new breed of insolvency practitioners, so has New Zealand acted on a recent recommendation to introduce a co-regulatory licensing regime, both along the English model. Australia is now the odd country out in this area, despite the changes commencing in March 2017. This follows a recent recommendation in […]