Michael Murray is an Australian author and commentator on corporate and personal insolvency law and related issues, in Australia and internationally. He has a strong law and policy background, is independent of any connections, and his views are his own. He gives no legal advice.
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INSOL Academics 2017
The INSOL Academics Colloquium was held over the weekend of 18-19 March 2017 in Sydney.
The session covered a wide range of topics relevant to Australian practitioners and academics and policy makers.
These included the potential impacts of Brexit on UK insolvency; the impact of the EU changes on Australian creditors; comparative creditor protections in restructuring and deregistration regimes in the UK, the US and the Netherlands; rising personal over-indebtedness in China, and its implications; ipso facto clauses and executory contracts; the US concept of “deepening insolvency”; tax priorities, from a Dworkian perspective; the gap between expectation and insolvency practitioner performance; the factor of ‘survivability’ of rescued businesses; rule based workouts in Japan and China; Singapore’s new debt restructuring laws; and technology and the harmonisation of corporate and personal insolvency.
Sessions with a focus on insolvency practitioners included:
A report was also given on a global survey of insolvency practitioner regulation, with QUT Law covering Australia and the Asia/Pacific/Fiji rim.
Overseas academics from the UK, the US, India, South Africa, the Netherlands, Singapore, Malaysia, Austria, New Zealand, Germany, Israel, and China attended.
A number are attending QUT’s Conference this Friday, 24 March in Brisbane – Global Perspectives in Insolvency Law.
A full report on the Colloquium will appear in INSOL World.
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