The Federal Court has dismissed a challenge to deeds of company arrangement of two property development companies and not put them into liquidation to allow
The Australian government’s proposed retention of the restrictions of bankruptcy on COVID-19 impacted business proprietors and consumers is questionable, but expected. Possible reasons for this
In A liquidator disciplinary decision – some regulatory insights | Murrays Legal Commentary , I reported an AAT decision refusing a liquidator’s application for a
New Zealand adopted Australia’s Part 5.3A voluntary administration regime some years ago, in Part 15A of its Companies Act 1993. The NZ High Court has
The Australian government’s consultation paper – Modernising Business Communications – Improving the Technology Neutrality[1] of Treasury Portfolio Laws, of December 2020 – offers, as an
While COVID-19 restrictions on creditors in bankruptcy have ended, though now with an increased $10,000 threshold, the experience should prompt one of many root and
On 30 December 2020, ASIC issued guidance on the new liquidator registration processes that apply in Australia two days hence – from 1 January 2021
A bankruptcy notice was found to have been wrongly issued by the Official Receiver because it did not attach a final judgment or order of
This is a very good and topical Australian text, adequately and accurately described by its title. My review of it was/is to appear in the
The Australian bankruptcy regulator – AFSA – has been making inquiries about the financial health of bankruptcy trustee firms during what AFSA terms ‘the challenges
This is a very good book on Canadian insolvency law, sadly with no equivalent in Australia, as I explain below. My review of it was/is
The tone and findings of this 454 page report by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services – Litigation funding and the regulation of
Interesting to know from what [limited] bases journalists get their views … ‘Finally, a fair go for small suppliers’, R Gottliebsen, The Weekend Australian, 19-20
This is now law, with a date of assent of 15 December 2020, and with a commencement date for most provisions of 1 January 2021.
The Australian government has not been ignoring personal insolvency reform in 2020, despite its recent small business reforms dealing only with the smaller proportion of
The New Zealand Law Commission has commenced a 2 year inquiry into litigation funding and class actions, right at the time that an Australian parliamentary
This Ombudsman’s follow up report – Small Business Counts – examines small to medium business enterprises (SMEs) from an economics and technology perspective, including as
The Corporations Amendment (Corporate Insolvency Reforms) Bill 2020 progressed through a third reading in the Australian parliament on 8 December 2020 and its passage is
Report No 11 of 2020 of the Senate’s selection of bills committee of 3 December 2020 has considered the Corporations Amendment (Corporate Insolvency Reforms) Bill
This report of two insolvency practitioner disciplinary decisions in Australia will be brief because the decisions, or their publicly released versions, comprise 12 words each.
The government has not said anything about insolvency law reform for financially struggling individual small business operators among its claimed “the most significant reforms to
Small business enterprises (SME) in Australia are conducted through the full range of legal entities available – sole traders, partners, corporate trusts, companies, associations and
Australia is proposing a sub-group of liquidator accountants to assist in administering its new corporate SME insolvency laws, set to commence on 1 January 2021,
The Australian Academy of Law is hosting a free on-line seminar on whistleblowing on Thursday evening 19 November 2020 from 5pm, chaired by Justice Julie
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