Court approval of agreements over 3 months?!
Any productivity review of the insolvency system in Australia would find many opportunities to reduce time and costs, in particular in corporate insolvency. This is one of them. In the context of the current government focus on productivity, this comment of 2024 about the uselessness of s 477(2A) and (2B) is re-posted. Litigation Funding in […]
The interaction of insolvency law and competition policy
My recent article in the Insolvency Law Bulletin concerns what has been described as the clash between market competition policy and insolvency restructuring or ‘rescue’ law, such as under Parts 5.3A or 5.3B of the Corporations Act. See The interaction of insolvency law and competition policy (2025) 23(9&10) INSLB 75. I think I can safely […]