The latest news from the Australian Academy of Law includes: The National Conference on Legal Education, on 11-13 August 2017, in Sydney, sponsored jointly by
The 2016 “gift-card” report of the UK Law Commission examined whether there should be greater protection for consumers who lose deposits or gift vouchers when
The government is proposing to amend only some of the insolvency law changes under the Insolvency Law Reform Act 2016 that have raised concern. The
A Senate Committee has produced yet another typical report that goes round in the usual circles of recommending the implementation of previous recommendations – director identity numbers,
The recent court finding that an accountancy firm was liable for contraventions of the Fair Work Act by its client, to which the firm provided payroll
The Australian Taxation Commissioner has succeeded in having provisional liquidators appointed to alleged “phoenix” companies associated with a Philip Whiteman. The Commissioner’s case was that the
This excellent review of insolvency practice in Japan provides an instructive perspective for those of us from Western legal traditions, although with familiar and settled
The latest Insolvency Law Bulletin (INSLB) is a special insolvency law reform double issue covering various aspects of the changes being introduced by the Insolvency Law
An English Chancery Court decision has given guidance on the reasonableness of fixed fees in an insolvency, albeit the fees of a corporate adviser acting
INSOL International has just published a global review of how insolvency practitioners’ fees are assessed and approved across a range of jurisdictions, including Australia. The opening commentary
A wide range of legal and practice issues concerning the current insolvency law changes under the Insolvency Law Reform Act 2016 were explained and discussed
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
