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NZ insolvency practitioner costs recovery fees
02/10/2019
NZ
regulation
UK
coregulation
The New Zealand government has released a discussion paper on proposed regulations concerning fees and other arrangements in preparation for
Digital disruption is here but “progress towards a digital insolvency practice has to date been slow”
19/09/2019
regulation
digital disruption
artificial intelligence
General
A recent journal article on the impact of artificial intelligence and its use by the insolvency profession has good and
‘A good idea’ – assignment of a liquidator’s recovery rights
18/09/2019
assigment of claims
UK
Books and journals
Articles
A liquidator has transferred, with court approval, potential recovery claims to the ATO, as the major and only creditor in
ASIC’s deterrence message – “no point just communicating this into the Fin Review”.
16/09/2019
regulation
deterrence
penalties
General
ASIC gave some useful insights before the recent Senate oversight hearing[1] on 13 September as to the reality of the
Use of referees in insolvency litigation
14/09/2019
referees
General
Law & Practice
Articles
Justice Michael Lee of the Federal Court of Australia has called for a more proactive response from liquidators and trustees
ASIC’s period of external scrutiny
11/09/2019
regulation
parliamentary oversight
ASIC
General
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is properly subject to parliamentary oversight, apart from the on-going scrutiny it receives from
Regulation of Australian insolvency practitioners – UK and NZ compared
08/09/2019
NZ
regulation
UK
co-regulation
I am pleased to be soon presenting to various groups on the regulation of Australian insolvency practitioners, with some comparisons
International Association of Insolvency Regulators’ Conference – 2019
07/09/2019
IAIR
Ireland
NZ
regulation
Australia is attending and presenting at the annual insolvency regulators’ conference, along with regulators from the UK, the US, New
A liquidator found liable for breach of confidence and invasion of privacy
06/09/2019
confidential information
NZ
privacy
Articles
“To say there is bad blood between David Henderson and Robert Walker is an understatement. From the time Robert Walker
A legal ‘affront’ – the Chorley exception – has gone
05/09/2019
UK
legal costs
Chorley exception
NZ
In raising the fundamental equality of all before the law in the context of a lawyer’s costs in their own
Accountants’ insolvency code updated
02/09/2019
APESB
ARITA Code
regulation
APES 110
A new standard for insolvency practitioners – APES 330 – has just been issued written in APESB’s unique style and
ASIC’s Corporate Plan 2019-2023 – Insolvency Practitioners
29/08/2019
regulation
ASIC corporate plan
Articles
ASIC’s corporate plan 2019-2023 contains much detail about the various sectors it regulates and what regulatory approaches it is taking.
Winding up a company for $2,000?
27/08/2019
minimum amounts
winding up
bankruptcy
UK
A court has suggested that the minimum debt amount for which a creditor can proceed to apply to wind up
Insolvency practitioner offence reporting – a need for reform
26/08/2019
UK
breach reporting
Company Director Disqualification
NZ
If liquidators in Australia are investigating and reporting to ASIC “thousands” of breaches of the law by those involved in
ARITA’s 8 (plus?) point plan for insolvency law reform
24/08/2019
unfunded work
Articles
One of the main insolvency professional bodies in Australia – ARITA[1] – has released what it calls its “8 point
International insolvency law and Australia’s UNCCA
18/08/2019
UNCCA
Maastricht University
A newly qualified Australian lawyer who was sponsored through UNCCA and LAWASIA to attend Insolvency Working Group V in Vienna
Views of former High Court judges, on reasoned [sic] government decision making
07/08/2019
AAT
Hayne
Callinan
Hayne Royal Commission Report
Here are two rather politically telling comments of former Australian High Court judges from which we may each make our
NSW Law Society’s Specialist Accreditation Conference 2019
05/08/2019
Law & Practice
Articles
Conferences
I am presenting to senior lawyers at the NSW Law Society’s Specialist Accreditation Conference 2019 on 9-10 August, in the
Australian insolvency law – current reforms
22/07/2019
Insolvency Law Reform
regulation
UK
AFCA
As in many countries, general elections put law changes and reform on hold pending the new government’s decisions on pending
NZ’s 2019 Insolvency Practitioners Regulation Act and its cross-Tasman impact
06/07/2019
regulation
CAANZ
New Zealand
General
NZ’s Insolvency Practitioners Regulation Act is due to commence over the next year introducing a licensing and regulatory regime for
How to become an insolvency practitioner in Australia
05/07/2019
AIIP
ASIC
regulation
liquidator and trustee registration
The ‘new’ process of selecting by interview who should be an insolvency practitioner (IP) was the subject of a presentation
Some views on ASIC v Wily & Hurst
30/06/2019
phoenix activity
regulation
joint appointments
vexatious litigant
The views of Justice Brereton of the NSW Supreme Court have not prevailed following the decision by the High Court
A running account of insolvency history – the lawyers and the accountants
13/05/2019
In an account of the interaction between lawyers and the newly titled accountants in 19th century England, it has been
ASIC’s “significant element of vexation”
11/05/2019
featured
Law & Practice
ASIC has failed in an application to have an inquiry conducted into joint liquidators’ conduct – Hurst and Wily –
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