ASIC reports that it has appointed 60 suitably qualified and experienced liquidators to its Abandoned Company Liquidator Panel, effective from 6 July 2025. This follows
The bankruptcy of Alan Bond in the 1990s generated outraged sentiment and language which we may not feel and use today. My article at the
In explaining the consequences of bankruptcy for an individual, Keay’s Insolvency, 11th ed, [4.15] refers to the positive outcome for debtors of “the relief from
Both AFSA and the Australian Federal Police have issued ‘media releases’ about the sentencing of a lawyer to jail for perverting the course of justice
New personal insolvencies across Australia increased 5.3% in 2024-25, to 12,257 up from 11,644 in 2023–24. Business related personal insolvencies accounted for over 28% of
It would be an act of both supererogation and superfluity to superimpose observations on this synthesis. The Federal Court has approved under s 477(2B) of
In a recent patents law case, concerning veterinary pharmaceuticals, and processes for determining the novelty of a process the subject of a patent application, Justice
Those of a certain vintage with an interest in bankruptcy may remember New Directions in Bankruptcy, a publication of the then bankruptcy regulator ITSA from
The Paul Leroy former bankruptcy trustee “millions of dollars in missing funds” matter in the Federal Court continues, and continues, through so many adjourned court
Treasury Minister Dr Andrew Leigh has spoken of the merits and the need for data to assist in shaping government policy and action, given in
I have not updated my 2008 article on sentimental items of property in insolvency, including to check whether Rolex watches are still thrown on to
The law of insolvent trading under s 588G of the Corporations Act seems eternally unsatisfactory and always open to review. It aims to deter proscribed
Some time ago, in what may have been a marketing or plain English push, the bankruptcy regulator, AFSA, determined that, for its purposes, the debtor’s
In his address at the launch of the Canberra Behavioural Lab, on 28 August 2025, Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury, Dr Andrew
AFSA has released numbers of new personal insolvencies in the June quarter 2025, totaling 3,179, a 7.9% increase on the 2,947 in the June 2024
On 21 August 2025, what is said to be the UK’s third-largest steelworks, Speciality Steel UK Limited (SSUK), has been put into liquidation by order
AFSA is seeking feedback on draft guidance concerning the offence of gambling or hazardous speculations prior to bankruptcy, under s 271 of the Bankruptcy Act:
The long awaited, and long, sentencing decision of 13 December 2024 in respect of former liquidator Peter Amos has now been delivered by Tupman DCJ:
In a migration law judgment of the Federal Court handed down on 1 August 2025 in Sydney, Justice Michael Lee opened with the words “There
AFSA is already dealing with two issues that it has on its list for attention in its Regulatory Action Statement 2025-2026 – unfair Part X
Having myself nearly said enough over the years about the lack of data on the operation of the insolvency system, the Assistant Treasurer in charge
It is not that common that Judge A will find that an earlier decision of Judge B of the same court was “plainly wrong” and
An interesting article appears in (2025) International Insolvency Review 1 of INSOL International concerning how different jurisdictions deal with assetless insolvent estates – A comparative
Twenty-five years ago, in August 2000,[1] I launched the Insolvency Law Bulletin through Oliver Freeman’s Prospect Media,[2] supported by an eminent editorial panel, joining a
