With the UK government rethinking the regulation of its insolvency practitioners (IPs), moving away from co-regulation to a system more …
The first and rather glowing report on the operation of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 has been issued …
The Australian Law Reform Commission handed its Judicial Impartiality Final Report to the Attorney-General, Senator Michaelia Cash on 6 December …
The UK Insolvency Service has been granted new investigative and disqualification powers to regulate directors who ‘dissolve’ (in Australian terms, …
The UK Insolvency Service has been granted new investigative and disqualification powers to regulate directors who ‘dissolve’ (in Australian terms, …
An Australian insolvency industry body – ARITA – has suggested that the law should be changed to allow insolvency practitioners …
After some long period of deliberation, the UK government has decided to itself take a direct role in the regulation …
The prospect of an inquiry into insolvency law was raised in a recent speech by the chair of the Australian …
The latest Insolvency Law Bulletin is out with a range of articles covering current and on-going issues in insolvency law …
A paper given by the NSW Chief Justice, Tom Bathurst – ‘Commercial trusts and the liability of beneficiaries: are commercial …
The government is consulting on a Bill in line with what it says is its commitment “to establishing a commercially viable …
A very critical report on the insolvency profession in the UK – Resolving-Insolvency-APPG-on-Fair-Business-Banking-and-Humphries-Kerstetter.pdf (appgbanking.org.uk) has come from the All Party …
At a seminar on 4 August 2021, Jason Harris and I presented our ideas on reform of the insolvency system …
Following a recent Australian Law Reform Commission seminar – Impartiality from both sides of the Bench | ALRC – held …
The terms of reference and what is called a ‘discussion paper’[1] for this review under s 588HA have been released, …
With ASIC having appeared before the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services on 27 August 2021, ASIC’s Corporate …
The federal government has finally made arrangements to have Australia’s “safe harbour” from insolvent trading law reviewed – s 588GA, …
The cost of environmental clean-up of mining and other resource projects where the company has gone into liquidation is a …
I was startled to be reminded of a regular question in the well-known US General Social Survey whether contemplating or …
For years Australia had no ‘safe harbour’ protection for directors from insolvent trading. In 2017, one was introduced, then three …
The 2016 insolvency rules of England and Wales are being reviewed, in accord with a statutory requirement to do so …
This is a very interesting and useful book, trying to explain why Australia’s crime rate has fallen in many areas, …
The Australian government’s proposed retention of the restrictions of bankruptcy on COVID-19 impacted business proprietors and consumers is questionable, but …
The Australian government’s consultation paper – Modernising Business Communications – Improving the Technology Neutrality[1] of Treasury Portfolio Laws, of December …
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