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
I earlier reported on my December 2016 attendance in Vienna, on behalf of LAWASIA, and UNCCA, on the two model laws that UNCITRAL Working Group
I earlier reported on my attendance in Vienna, on behalf of LAWASIA, and UNCCA, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law [UNCITRAL] session of Working
Senator John Williams is familiar to us in the insolvency profession as the one politician who has had a particular focus on the operation of
The INSOL Academics Colloquium was held over the weekend of 18-19 March 2017 in Sydney. The session covered a wide range of topics relevant to
What the WA Supreme Court described as the two issues of importance in insolvency practice were whether holding DOCAs (deeds of company arrangement) were a legitimate process
I became tired of waiting for a government response to the commencement of the Insolvency Law Reform Act 2016 on 1 March 2017, and ….. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
The Senate Economics References Committee is conducting another inquiry into the problem of the non-payment of superannuation by employers of their employees’ superannuation. To state
The NSW Court of Appeal has disposed of authority that sought to apply percentage based calculations to liquidators’ remuneration in particular cases. The Court has
A test case decision in Sakr Nominees from the NSW Court of Appeal will be given tomorrow 9 March at 10.15am EST. In my commentary
ASIC’s latest enforcement report – REP 513 ASIC enforcement outcomes: July to December 2016 – says up front that it has a focus on “rogue
Australia has implemented its first major insolvency reforms in many years but rather than being seen as an achievement they are regarded by many as being
I am pleased to be presenting at the INSOL Academics’ Group Colloquium in Sydney, being held on 18 and 19 March 2017. Its program is
In an article entitled “Last Man Standing” in the Insolvency Law Bulletin, I have addressed the question of regulators tending to impose liability or responsibility on
