Courts professions and regulation
The costs and time in administering justice
Newspaper analyses of the work of judges by reference to numbers of matters heard, words written and time taken can ...
Environmental regulator prevails over liquidators’ right of disclaimer – decision of the Supreme Court of Canada
The rights of an environmental regulator against an insolvent company prevail over the right of the company’s liquidator to disclaim ...
Liquidator’s right to disclaim contaminated land – important decision pending
Murrays Legal has reported for some time on the progress of an important issue of legal conflict before the Supreme ...
Does insolvency practice constitute a profession?
Those who specialise in insolvency law and practice, and restructuring, would no doubt consider they act professionally, however that term ...
Opportunistic and manipulative insolvency practitioners?
Insolvency practitioners’ (IP) remuneration for the work performed in administering an insolvent estate attracts public attention, much of which is ...
Professional body regulation of Australian insolvency practitioners
Having reviewed the current regulation of insolvency practitioners (IPs) by both ASIC and AFSA, ARITA is now examined, and to ...
Insolvency Practitioners Regulation Act (NZ) 2019?
A New Zealand government committee has recommended the passage of the long awaited Insolvency Practitioners Bill with some few amendments, ...
Bankruptcy trustees’ performance 2017-2018
AFSA’s Personal Insolvency Compliance Report 2017-2018 may be rather welcome in its positive reporting of its findings in relation to ...
More soft law – ARITA’s insolvency practice statements
ARITA has released a number of draft Practice Statements for comment. These Practice Statements are designed to give ‘technical’ guidance ...
Revised draft of Australia’s 2014 insolvency code of practice
ARITA has released a consultation draft of its Code of Professional Practice for Insolvency Practitioners. This will be the 4th ...
New draft version of APES 330 – Insolvency Services
APESB has issued a long-awaited revision of its insolvency code – APES 330 Insolvency Services – with a view to ...
Liquidators – spending money to justify spending money
Charging a second fee to justify charging an initial fee might seem odd but this can be the case when ...
Liquidators: “… no obligation to conduct any investigations beyond the bare minimum …”
It has been said of liquidators that in no other profession is a highly qualified professional expected to work for ...
The Law in the Insolvency “Law” Reform Act 2016
The law has not been given much attention in the recent CLE and professional offerings on the new insolvency laws, with their ...
Singapore’s new debt restructuring regime – the steak knives are out
Competition between courts and the legal regimes in which they operate is perhaps an odd concept, contrary to the image ...
