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Lawyers as directors of insolvency companies – restrictions on right to practise
10/06/2020
legal practitioner
Queensland
Articles
Queensland lawyers who are directors of an insolvent company or an incorporated legal practice may have their right to practise
Leave to proceed against a bankrupt; but with questions about the legal representation
09/06/2020
bankruptcy
leave to proceed
legal practitioner
Articles
In an employee’s otherwise ordinary unpaid wages case the respondent employer went bankrupt mid- hearing and the employee’s legal representation
Australian Small Business Ombudsman’s ‘COVID-19 Recovery Plan’ – ‘turnaround and insolvency’
03/06/2020
ASBFEO
MSME
Ombudsman insolvency inquiry
COVID-19
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman has issued a COVID-19 Recovery Plan, of May 2020. Within that the
Behind the UK government insolvency reforms
02/06/2020
UK
COVID-19
UK COVID-19
Articles
The Corporate Governance and Insolvency Bill has been introduced into the United Kingdom Parliament and is due for debate on
Insolvency practitioner independence – law and practice
23/04/2020
ARITA Code
special purpose
UK
General
One of Australia’s insolvency bodies, ARITA, has issued a reminder to its members about the need for liquidators to maintain
Lost in my translation – correction to bankruptcy trustee remuneration statistics
04/04/2020
trustee remuneration
Articles
Government
AFSA has properly drawn to my attention that figures I have given about the remuneration of bankruptcy trustees have not
Latest corporate insolvency update in Australia
03/04/2020
Apart from its interest to Australian liquidators and bankruptcy trustees, the latest Corporate Insolvency Update[1] of the corporate insolvency regulator,
Protected: AFSA’s report on remuneration
05/03/2020
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Does insolvent trading work? The UK may not think so.
09/02/2020
In the context of the review of the safe harbour provisions in Australia, there have been recent articles on insolvent
A pointless distinction in corporate insolvency
06/02/2020
UK
pointless
Law & Practice
Articles
In the 19th century, where much corporate insolvency law thinking still remains, a distinction was made between court ordered liquidations
A liquidator disciplinary decision – some regulatory insights
24/01/2020
regulation
AAT
ARITA
Registration and discipline processes
A decision of a tribunal in Australia gives some insight into the insolvency practitioner discipline processes introduced in 2017, which
Accountants’ insolvency code updated
02/09/2019
regulation
APES 110
APES 330
APESB
A new standard for insolvency practitioners – APES 330 – has just been issued written in APESB’s unique style and
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
Choosing courts in cross-border insolvency applications
29/07/2019
choice of courts
NZ
Articles
As a federation, Australia has a mix of state and territory and federal courts, each with their own jurisdictions. Jurisdiction
Contempt of newspapers
21/03/2018
contempt
newspapers
Mr Dyson Heydon has had his useful views about political criticism of judges’ decisions published in what is known as
The Federal Court and the Constitution – public lecture, 15 March, Canberra
12/03/2018
ANU
Australian Academy of Law
Constitutional law
Courts
A free public lecture on the Federal Court and the Constitution is being given at the ANU on this Thursday
Cleaning up the law – WA’s old diamond and other mines
12/02/2018
mining
Regulators
Canada
Case law
The collapse of WA’s Ellendale diamond mine, and the liquidators’ prompt disclaimer of the mining site, leaving the clean up
Legislative drafting – 2017 reliance on a 1901 precedent
07/12/2017
bankruptcy
General
Legal drafting
Modern Commonwealth laws still rely on 1901 drafting precedents despite changes in the law over the last 116 years. As
Insolvency related conferences and meetings – coming up
26/11/2017
Canada
Conferences and events
INSOL International
moots
A list of insolvency and related conferences for the rest of the year 2017, into 2018 Insolvency Conferences and
Bankruptcy remuneration challenge referred to mediation – Groll
02/11/2017
bankruptcy
Case law
Insolvency Practice Rules
remuneration
Justice Jennifer Davies of the Federal Court has referred bankruptcy trustees’ remuneration to mediation, following a challenge by the trustees
Surveillance /səˈveɪl(ə)ns/
06/09/2017
Regulators
surveillance
“close observation, especially of a suspected spy or criminal”: Oxford Dictionary. In relation to professional and industry regulation, as relevant,
The new insolvency laws – their benefits
03/09/2017
complex
Insolvency Law Reform
Insolvency profession
Law reform
The changes effected by the Insolvency Law Reform Act 2016 are now law with some parts having commenced on 1
‘The International Court of Justice as a Working Court’ – Judge James Crawford
02/09/2017
Australian Academy of Law
Conferences and events
international
International Court of Justice
On 25 September 2017, the annual “Patron’s Address” of the Australian Academy of Law is being given by his Excellency
The fine print in an ASIC form
29/08/2017
Registration and discipline processes
ASIC
industry bodies
industry notices
With Australia’s new insolvency laws commencing this Friday 1 September, there is a late flurry of activity from the legislature
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