In ordering that liquidators be appointed to Forum Finance Pty Ltd on 9 July 2021, the Federal Court explained the …
In making a winding up order against Forum Finance,[1] Justice Michael Lee made this comment about the hourly fees of …
There are now a number of decisions from the Administrative Appeals Tribunal reviewing decisions of the Fair Entitlements Guarantee where …
An Italian shipping company – Michele Bottiglieri Armatore SpA – which is subject to Italian restructuring protection, a concordato preventivo …
A trustee in bankruptcy in England rejected a £5.7m proof of debt lodged by the revenue authority [HMRC][1] on what …
Sanctions imposed by courts for breaches of competition or regulatory laws have to tread a line between being so severe …
An application for special leave to appeal to the High Court[1] has been made in a bankruptcy matter involving a …
While there is now greater training available in dealing with those suffering mental illness for professionals working in debt counselling …
In finding that the ‘peak indebtedness rule’ did not in fact exist, the Full Federal Court[1] in Badenoch v Bryant …
The WA Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge to deeds of company arrangement (DOCAs) that offered ‘not much of a …
Following convictions and imprisonment for insolvent trading arising from the 2009 collapse of Kleenmaid, its founder, Andrew Young, has succeeded …
Mr Damien Grant, the New Zealand insolvency practitioner who successfully challenged RITANZ’s decision to deny him the right to practice …
The AAT has described its decision confirming a lack of government assistance under fair entitlements guarantee (FEG) for “two dedicated, …
ASIC has been unsuccessful in resisting a costs order against it in its “illegal phoenix activity” proceedings against a liquidator …
The decision of the Full Federal Court in Badenoch Integrated Logging v Bryant[1] agreeing with New Zealand’s view about the …
The World Bank has released its updated Principles for Effective Insolvency and Creditor/Debtor Regimes (the Principles), emphasising the needs of …
A person in breach of consumer protection laws concerning the hire of 4 wheel drive vehicles has been ordered to …
A daughter’s evidence that her mother’s litigation and bankruptcy proceedings had become her mother’s “entire life” with her house “full …
Further to my report of 4 April 2021 below, the High Court of Australia has granted special leave to appeal …
A guarantee given by a mother to a friend of her son for the son’s business debts ended up in …
An appeal from a sequestration order made by a registrar in 2016 is being heard, in 2021. In bankruptcy litigation …
The 2016 insolvency rules of England and Wales are being reviewed, in accord with a statutory requirement to do so …
An experienced Australian insolvency practitioner (IP) has had his right to practise as a liquidator suspended by a Court for …
A significant English High Court decision has been given refusing to make banning orders against trustees (directors), and the CEO, …
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