The on-going tension between insolvency law and Commonwealth environmental law is being played out for one, in the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee, convened
A late submission received by the Senate Economics Committee inquiry into credit and financial services aimed at those at risk of financial hardship – ‘debt
It can be legally difficult to determine what the law is when a significant legal issue is on appeal, leaving the issue uncertain in other
This broadcast – Getting tough on untrustworthy advisors – in fact comes from the bankruptcy regulator, AFSA, about what it says are ‘untrustworthy [debt] advisers’,
APESB has issued a long-awaited revision of its insolvency code – APES 330 Insolvency Services – with a view to it replacing the 2014 version
Charging a second fee to justify charging an initial fee might seem odd but this can be the case when the law itself requires some
“New requirements for indemnity offers from the ATO to insolvency practitioners*** All indemnity offers from the ATO to insolvency practitioners must comply with a minimum
It has been said of liquidators that in no other profession is a highly qualified professional expected to work for free, referring to the fact
The Senate Standing Committees on Economics has recommended that the Financial Services Royal Commission be given an extension of time and extended terms of reference:
Judges make important decisions about the legal rights of parties in dispute. If the private parties agree, orders by consent will invariably be made as
Two cross-border insolvency papers from Australian Judges; a scheme judgment from the UK, with the Judge criticising the parties, saying the court is not merely
This is the third and final event in the Academy’s Access to Justice series for 2018, being held on Tuesday 27 November 5pm-6.30pm in Sydney.
English law’s latest proposed reforms in relation to abuse of its tax laws through insolvency, including through ‘phoenixism’, seem to show its regime as less
The Ministers for Consumer Affairs of Australia and New Zealand recently met, on 26 October 2018 in Melbourne, making a range of significant decisions about
The law reform process of going through a piece of legislation and picking up minor errors is useful and necessary but can be unwise. What
Articles on this website generally attract reduced readership if they are about bankruptcy rather than liquidation; or if they are about overseas law rather than
ASIC has released its new Report On Company Activities and Property (ROCAP), said to have been the result of an ‘extensive revision process and industry
Under s 136(1)(ca) of the ASIC Act, ASIC is required to report in its annual report on its activities under Chapter 5 and Schedule 2
This UK government consultation concerns new arrangements proposed for a 60 day ‘breathing space’ for struggling debtors, and for a separate statutory ‘debt repayment plan’.
It now seems that an old elephant in the room – about the misconduct of banks and financial institutions – has been revealed by the
The UK government has announced in its 2018 budget that priority dividend payments will be made to the revenue for certain unpaid taxes of a
The Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee (CAMAC) was a corporate law reform body comprising individuals eminent in that field. It was created in 1983 and
The Australian Academy of Law is presenting this session hosted by Curtin University Law School on 8 November 2018 in Perth, at 5.30pm, presented by
ARITA advises that it can now ‘begin conduct proceedings [against its members] based on evidence reported in the media’. Murrays Legal only reports matters substantiated
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