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Over 35 years ago, a Judge said that if a liquidator winding up a trustee company were to lose out

Comparing NZ insolvency law with Australia’s, in preparation for the BFSLA conference this week on 1 September 2017, the day

Among many sessions across a wide range of legal disciplines, the IBA conference has this series of insolvency sessions. Avoiding

When a person inadvertently exercises powers without legal authority, a prompt legal response is required. The consequences can be serious,

Anna Bligh, the Chief Executive of the Australian Bankers Association, has recently spoken of the “strong and mutually beneficial relationship between

While a retailer’s $99.99 is a typical example of psychological pricing, the Tax Commissioner’s figure of $8,453,699.99 is not. Rather,

The personal and financial suffering that a victim of a serious physical crime can go through, and the costs of

“The personal circumstances of DDQ offer a sad (but regrettably not uncommon) occurrence in contemporary professional life”. A disciplinary tribunal

A Victorian Supreme Court decision gives some background to the regulator’s decision to reduce bankruptcy trustees’ remuneration by over $277,000,

In a speech given to ARITA’s conference on 9 August 2017, Justice Ashley Black of the NSW Supreme Court has

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To mark the 10th anniversary of the Australian Academy of Law (AAL), the 90th anniversary of the Australian Law Journal

While the new safe harbour law[1] is the end result of some years of torturous debate, still on-going, it is

The significance of bankruptcy and the need for its law to be clear and predictable is emphasized in a recent judgment of the

The Black Economy Taskforce has released a discussion paper outlining a number of additional policy ideas which draw on its

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My preparation for a major banking and financial services conference[1] has prompted this quick review of where Australia is at

New section 30B of the ASIC Act allows ASIC to ask a liquidator to produce the ‘policies and procedures’ relating to external administrations and

Economic analyses of insolvency in Australia are strangely limited, given that a major purpose of an insolvency regime is its support of

The Daily Telegraph is right this time, it was an extraordinary finding by a court,[1] to expect our immigration politician

The circumstances of Amber Harrison flowing from the decision of Justice Sackar in Seven Network v Harrison[1] prompt this comment

The annual meeting of the International Association of Insolvency Regulators, IAIR, is being held in London, from 4 to 7

The question of insolvency practitioner independence is important given the role of a company liquidator and bankruptcy trustee. Independence rules

Accountants in New Zealand, including those who are insolvency practitioners, are from this week required to refer relevant breaches of