The New Zealand Registrar of Companies has approved the first licensing bodies for the commencement of the new regulatory regime for its insolvency practitioners on
If Joe thought he might have a serious medical condition, but did not want to go to hospital for a period of some weeks to
The new New Zealand insolvency practitioner regulation regime, commencing on 1 September 2020, will be funded in part by a $1 fee on all company
An Australian personal bankruptcy lasts for a minimum of 3 years in Australia – whether it is an overly committed consumer or an economically impacted
So far the courts in Australia have not had to deal with many creditors’ bankruptcy petitions against debtors in the current COVID-19 environment. What with
While the government is no doubt considering a range of options to allow the insolvency system to cope with what is predicted to be a
Referrals to a disciplinary committee of two senior insolvency practitioners with connections prompt my further explanations of Australia’s insolvency practitioner regulation system and raise issues
The New Zealand Official Assignee administers all personal insolvencies; it shares the administration of corporate insolvencies with the private sector. A Labour member of the
Someone government person called Andrew is saying that the insolvent trading protections for directors will be extended beyond 25 September 2020? https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6178269074001 Flake news? Is
An unlikely case about the salvage of a 120 year old wooden ship – the Defender – has found its way into bankruptcy law, with
A submission by Adelaide academics in relation to insolvency litigation funding came before the Parliamentary Joint Committee on 24 July, well presented by Professor Lombard
The dramatic annual fall in personal insolvencies in Australia to 30 June 2020 has continued with the second half of July 2020 showing yet a
Australian personal insolvencies in 2019-2020 have continued to fall, quite dramatically, of over 23% on last year, and over 35% on the June 2019 quarter.
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
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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
