The Australian bankruptcy regulator, AFSA, has published what it terms a series of “exemplar behaviour case studies [to] showcase examples …
In a recent article on Australian insolvency law reform,[1] Justice Sarah Derrington, as chair of the Australian Law Reform Commission, …
The first and rather glowing report on the operation of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 has been issued …
A bill introduced into the New Zealand parliament would mean that if ABC Insolvency Firm took a role as investigating …
A 5 day bankruptcy hearing was cancelled in March 2021, in relation to matters occurring in 2012, being challenged in …
I was startled to be reminded of a regular question in the well-known US General Social Survey whether contemplating or …
The Australian personal insolvency regulator and government trustee, AFSA, has produced a useful report – Practitioner Independence in the Personal …
The Insolvency Service in the UK has issued an updated version of its Technical guidance for Official Receivers[1] in administering …
A daughter’s evidence that her mother’s litigation and bankruptcy proceedings had become her mother’s “entire life” with her house “full …
New Zealand adopted Australia’s Part 5.3A voluntary administration regime some years ago, in Part 15A of its Companies Act 1993. …
An article in the forthcoming Insolvency Law Bulletin describes the proposed corporate SME insolvency reforms as Janus-faced,[1] the title referring …
It is interesting to now see the clear limitations the government has placed on the protections offered by the COVID-19 …
The NZ Supreme Court has given a significant decision on the duties of directors in the face of their company’s …
New Zealand has a new insolvency practitioner regulation regime which commenced on 1 September 2020. The regime has processes allowing …
So far the courts in Australia have not had to deal with many creditors’ bankruptcy petitions against debtors in the …
A certificate of appointment under Bankruptcy Regulation 8.02 in relation to a voluntary bankruptcy should generally be sufficient to support …
Fast-tracking insolvent assetless companies through a default de-registration process was introduced, in effect, by the Insolvency Law Reform Act 2016 …
Adrian Duncan was an insolvency practitioner in Australia years ago.[1] He now practises in the UK and it seems is …
The latest issue of the Insolvency Law Bulletin has just appeared containing a wide range of topics in personal and …
Queensland lawyers who are directors of an insolvent company or an incorporated legal practice may have their right to practise …
In an employee’s otherwise ordinary unpaid wages case the respondent employer went bankrupt mid- hearing and the employee’s legal representation …
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman has issued a COVID-19 Recovery Plan, of May 2020. Within that the …
The Corporate Governance and Insolvency Bill has been introduced into the United Kingdom Parliament and is due for debate on …
One of Australia’s insolvency bodies, ARITA, has issued a reminder to its members about the need for liquidators to maintain …
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