Law reform
ASIC’s fees – how high and counter-productive
The article in the Australian newspaper of 2 July 2018, although typically low-brow in its heading – how ASIC gouges ...
Litigation funding of liquidators – the ALRC inquiry
The current law reform inquiry into class actions and their funding may also need to look at the funding of ...
NZ insolvency practitioner co-regulation – new law proposed
In a forthcoming article, I examine an aspect of Australia’s new regime for the (over) regulation of insolvency practitioners, which ...
Australia’s insolvency regime (in administration) – ideas for its restructure
In my preparation for a panel discussion at the major AIIP Insolvency Conference in Canberra on the future of insolvency, ...
The exploitation of cleaners
The Senate Education and Employment References Committee is to conduct an inquiry into the exploitation of general and specialist cleaners ...
The government is really serious this time – law reform protecting employee entitlements
Following the government’s public consultation process on the Reforms to address corporate misuse of the Fair Entitlements scheme consultation paper ...
The tax stories – history regurgitates
Australia’s new 2017 insolvency laws – described by one respected academic as the worst insolvency reforms he has seen in ...
APES 110 – accountants, whistleblowers and safe harbour advisers to note
Increased professional obligations of accountants, and insolvency practitioners, to refer breaches of the law to the authorities, are being considered at ...
