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Directors and their safe harbour – how to get them to behave
An aim of the latest “safe harbour” insolvency reforms is to “drive cultural change” in company directors by encouraging them ...
Whistleblowing, as a means of professional regulation?
The use of whistleblowers in the regulation of tax and corporate law, and the bases for incentivizing and protecting them, are ...
The law and lawyers: their limits – an Academy of Law Ethics Hypothetical
The Australian Academy of Law held the first of its three Sydney conferences for the year on 4 April 2017 ...
The bankruptcy of Sir Garfield Barwick, Chief Justice of the Australian High Court – an example of a true ‘fresh start’
A significant aspect of our legal, social and political history has been revealed through a paper presented on the financial ...
Memorandum of Understanding – AFSA and ARITA
The Inspector-General in Bankruptcy has announced that a memorandum of understanding has been entered into between AFSA and ARITA, dated ...
Academy of Law Newsletter 3.17 – ethics hypothetical, legal education conference, essay prize, rare books …
The latest newsletter of the Australian Academy of Law lists a wide range of events and news indicating the work ...
Traill insolvency conference 1-2 May – the ILRA changes – pre-sale closes tomorrow – 31 March
For those registered at Rosie Traill’s excellent annual conference, and those who register by the early bird deadline tomorrow, Friday 31 ...
Australian safe harbour and ipso facto reforms
Obviously prompted by my reporting of significant restructuring reforms in the EU, and my query as to the long delayed ...
Lifting the fear and suppressing the greed – a Senate committee report on penalties for white collar crime
A long awaited Senate committee report on penalties for white collar crime was issued on 23 March 2017 under the ...
Pre-insolvency or restructuring professionals – “Pifors”
At a conference held on 24 March by the QUT Commercial and Property Law Research Centre, a presenter, Dr Georg ...
The gender profile of the insolvency profession: occupational segregation?
Would you like to study the question of gender balance in the insolvency profession? That topic is the subject of a ...
Cross-border insolvency – foreign judgments and enterprise groups
I earlier reported on my December 2016 attendance in Vienna, on behalf of LAWASIA, and UNCCA, on the two model ...
INSOL Academics 2017
The INSOL Academics Colloquium was held over the weekend of 18-19 March 2017 in Sydney. The session covered a wide ...
Our new insolvency reforms … tired of waiting
I became tired of waiting for a government response to the commencement of the Insolvency Law Reform Act 2016 on 1 March ...
Unpaid super, again; single touch payroll; penalties, and more
The Senate Economics References Committee is conducting another inquiry into the problem of the non-payment of superannuation by employers of ...
The decision in Sakr Nominees – keeping it in proportion
The NSW Court of Appeal has disposed of authority that sought to apply percentage based calculations to liquidators’ remuneration in ...
Appeal decision in Sakr Nominees – remuneration of liquidators
A test case decision in Sakr Nominees from the NSW Court of Appeal will be given tomorrow 9 March at ...
ASIC’s regulation of unlawful phoenix activity – report 513
ASIC’s latest enforcement report – REP 513 ASIC enforcement outcomes: July to December 2016 – says up front that it ...
Australia’s first/worst insolvency reforms in many years – but she’ll be right….
Australia has implemented its first major insolvency reforms in many years but rather than being seen as an achievement they are ...
Liquidators working overseas – how are they regulated? INSOL Academics 18-19 March 2017
I am pleased to be presenting at the INSOL Academics’ Group Colloquium in Sydney, being held on 18 and 19 ...
Liquidators as the last in line – the Insolvency Law Bulletin
In an article entitled “Last Man Standing” in the Insolvency Law Bulletin, I have addressed the question of regulators tending ...
QUT Law – Current Issues in Insolvency Law: Global Perspectives – 24 March
The QUT Commercial and Property Law Research Centre is hosting international speakers and QUT academics at this session on Friday 24 March ...
Ian Fletcher International Insolvency Law Moot Competition: grand final Friday 17 March, 3pm-5pm, Sydney
Chief Justice James Allsop of Australia, Lord Justice David Richards of England and the former Justice the Hon Allan Gropper ...
New insolvency laws now, with practitioners invited to implement some of the further new law before September
The first tranche of the changes effected by the Insolvency Law Reform Act 2016 commenced on 1 March 2017. The ...