A certificate of appointment under Bankruptcy Regulation 8.02 in relation to a voluntary bankruptcy should generally be sufficient to support a trustee’s proposed application overseas
The Federal Court has correctly held that a person who is bankrupt has no standing to challenge a tax assessment of the Commissioner: Hanna v
The ASBFEO (Ombudsman) has asked that the government fix what is said to be a broken corporate insolvency system in Australia before the apocryphal ‘insolvency
Fast-tracking insolvent assetless companies through a default de-registration process was introduced, in effect, by the Insolvency Law Reform Act 2016 (ILRA). In removing the arcane
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
The first fortnight of July (29 June to 12 July) saw a drop down from 611 to 587 of people in Australia entering into some
Liquidators of Mainzeal with a NZ$36m judgment for reckless trading against the company’s directors have failed in an attempt to bankrupt one of the directors
An interest group in Australia, the UNCITRAL Coordination Committee for Australia (UNCCA), has a role in monitoring and attending UNCITRAL[1] sessions including those of UNCITRAL’s
Going back some years, Australia rejected a single insolvency regulator for its personal insolvency practitioners on the one hand, and its corporate insolvency practitioners on
It is not often that a bankruptcy court will go behind the judgment upon which the creditor’s petition against the debtor is based. But there
Adrian Duncan was an insolvency practitioner in Australia years ago.[1] He now practises in the UK and it seems is doing quite well given what
While ASIC is currently taking submissions on its proposed funding charges for the regulation of Australian liquidators, and other groups – see Cost recovery implementation
CAANZ took a worthy leap some years ago in bringing the Australian and New Zealand accounting professions together. Given that an “accountant” has a limited
A new insolvency practitioner regulation regime for New Zealand will start on 1 September 2020, according to RITANZ, only a short time after its intended
A Judge apologised at the start of his judgment for the length of time he took to determine liquidators’ remuneration. On reading the judgment, and
A company liquidator had unpaid fees amounting to $352,383 in his administration of a liquidated company – All Class – which had been left with
A company liquidator has had her registration cancelled following a decision by a statutory disciplinary committee that she had improperly used her position, falsified books
The South Australian Law Reform Institute (SALRI) is examining the role and operation of Powers of Attorney in SA and whether the current laws that apply
An article by Professor Ian Ramsay and Associate Professor Stacey Steele has just been published reporting on survey responses of ARITA members about the Australian
Directors of companies will finally have an easy way of keeping their company details up to date when the director identity number – the DIN
A joint parliamentary inquiry into class actions and litigation funding has set down public hearings throughout July 2020.[1] The inquiry and some of its submissions
The latest issue of the Insolvency Law Bulletin has just appeared containing a wide range of topics in personal and corporate insolvency, with the COVID-19
That is broadly the topic of a paper tentatively titled “the Australian insolvency system (in voluntary administration) – the s 439A report” soon being presented
Queensland lawyers who are directors of an insolvent company or an incorporated legal practice may have their right to practise challenged. Most lawyers in Australia
Copyright 2022 Murrays Legal • Site design by Highland Creative
