AFCA financial compensation scheme of last resort
The federal government has announced [1] that a compensation scheme for victims of financial services misconduct will start from 2 April 2024, including a Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) in the event that the financial service provider is unable to pay a compensation determination against it made by the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA). […]
Insolvency practitioners as employees
Updated on 5 March 2024 to refer to a 1996 Explanatory Memorandum in bankruptcy which says that, despite the case law, a person’s status as an employee, rather than a partner, should not preclude a person from obtaining registration as a trustee. ====== A liquidator disciplinary committee has decided that conditions should be imposed on a […]
