Halifax – no reason why the NZ High Court should not physically sit in Australia …
The on-going matter of the Halifax liquidation came before Justice Jacqueline Gleeson in the Federal Court of Australia (FCA) on 18 December 2019, and jointly, before Justice Geoffrey Venning of the High Court of New Zealand (NZHC), by video-link. The intermingled nature of the assets and liabilities of Halifax AU and Halifax NZ has prompted […]
Major corporate collapses and the public interest – British Steel and more
The collapses in the UK of socially and economically important enterprises – British Steel, Carillion Constructions and Thomas Cook are current examples – raise many public interest issues that are managed by the joint conduct of the liquidations by the government Official Receiver and private insolvency firms. The insolvency of a business raises broader issues […]
