Australian personal insolvency reform for COVID-19 impacted debtors

The Australian government’s proposed retention of the restrictions of bankruptcy on COVID-19 impacted business proprietors and consumers is questionable, but expected.  Possible reasons for this range from a protective concern by the government not to allow these bankrupts too much free rein in light of the uncertain economic outlook for 2021, in case they become […]

Liquidator’s registration suspended not cancelled, by agreement

In A liquidator disciplinary decision – some regulatory insights | Murrays Legal Commentary , I reported an AAT decision refusing a liquidator’s application for a stay of a 13 December 2019 discipline committee decision to cancel his registration but granting a stay of the publication of the committee’s reasons for decision. That was nearly a […]