A winding up vs an administration – s 440A(2)

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The situation where a creditor applies for a winding up of a company under the Corporations Act, and while that is pending, the directors appoint an administrator under Part 5.3A, has led to some odd law, under s 440A(2) of the Act.  Broadly, the one petitioning creditor’s intent to wind up the company will often […]

Insolvency statistics 2023

Each of our insolvency regulators, ASIC for corporate, AFSA for personal, has issued its statistics for 2022-2023 right on the eve of Christmas,[1] each presenting its [2] separate perspectives, with few connections offered, for example in relation to small business insolvencies. [originally issued 24.12.23; updated 30.12.23]. Personal insolvency Some brief* points are: There were just […]