While Australia is pondering the quirk in its Constitutional referral of powers arrangements which has resulted in Queensland’s environmental protection law being found to prevail over
My recent report explained that the insolvency of micro and small to medium enterprises (MSMEs) is to be the subject of consideration by Working Group V
Claims that the reinstated liquidation of a Russian company – DSL – was part of “a long and abusive campaign on the part of the
The account of the bankruptcy of Sir Garfield Barwick and the personal impact that it had on him is a reminder of the need for trustees
“It is a simplistic statement but one that is necessary to emphasize: insolvency statutes … do not mesh very well with environmental legislation”: Justice Geoffrey Morawetz, Ontario Superior
Last Week’s Linc Energy decision out of Queensland – Linc Energy Ltd (in Liq) [2017] QSC 053 – could be seen as merely an arcane
With latest ABS data showing that Australia is primarily a nation of small business operators, largely successful, it is perhaps to timely to also report that
A senior Judge has approved the remuneration of a liquidator in full based upon the principles set out in the recent appeal decision in Sakr
An aim of the latest “safe harbour” insolvency reforms is to “drive cultural change” in company directors by encouraging them to keep control of their
The use of whistleblowers in the regulation of tax and corporate law, and the bases for incentivizing and protecting them, are significant policy and legal issues.
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The Australian Academy of Law held the first of its three Sydney conferences for the year on 4 April 2017 under the theme of the
A significant aspect of our legal, social and political history has been revealed through a paper presented on the financial difficulties and subsequent bankruptcy of
The Fletcher Moot 2017 was a significant organisational and educational achievement in the teaching of insolvency, in this case, the complexity of cross-border insolvency. It
The draft ‘safe harbour’ provisions proposed by the government offer directors two advantages in what must be their genuine attempts to save their business. A
The Inspector-General in Bankruptcy has announced that a memorandum of understanding has been entered into between AFSA and ARITA, dated 20 February 2017. The MOU records
The latest newsletter of the Australian Academy of Law lists a wide range of events and news indicating the work and interests of the Academy.
Bills have been introduced into parliament to provide funding for ASIC’s regulation of the industries and professions it regulates. In relation to corporate insolvency practitioners –
For those registered at Rosie Traill’s excellent annual conference, and those who register by the early bird deadline tomorrow, Friday 31 March, I would like to invite
Obviously prompted by my reporting of significant restructuring reforms in the EU, and my query as to the long delayed progress in attending to proposed
A long awaited Senate committee report on penalties for white collar crime was issued on 23 March 2017 under the rather dramatic title of ‘Lifting
At a conference held on 24 March by the QUT Commercial and Property Law Research Centre, a presenter, Dr Georg Kodek, explained ideas being proposed by
Would you like to study the question of gender balance in the insolvency profession? That topic is the subject of a call from the QUT School
The unfortunate decision of the government to split the commencement date of the ILRA 2016 has created confusion, compounded by apparent difficulties in the government
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