The QUT Commercial and Property Law Research Centre is hosting international speakers and QUT academics at this session on Friday 24 March 2017, at QUT Brisbane. The
Chief Justice James Allsop of Australia, Lord Justice David Richards of England and the former Justice the Hon Allan Gropper of the United States will
The first tranche of the changes effected by the Insolvency Law Reform Act 2016 commenced on 1 March 2017. The main changes address the two main
This series of questions and answers address many of the issues with which practitioners and lawyers will be confronted in the new insolvency laws, commencing
While insolvency practitioners in Australia are anxiously waiting to find out what new forms they must fill in and tick boxes to lodge with the regulators,
The Senate has granted a further extension to the white collar crime committee to report by 23 March 2017. It was originally going to report
Special purpose liquidators (SPLs) are becoming increasingly common. They are often appointed when a creditor prefers another liquidator to investigate certain matters, and when that
The most useful and well researched and argued law reform report for many years has been issued on what to do about unlawful company phoenix
The government has released a consultation paper on improving the transparency of information on the beneficial ownership and control of companies. Comments are due by 13
Drafts of ASIC’s Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy Bill 2017 and related Bills have been released for comment, by 10 March 2017. Under these Bills, the
It’s a matter for you but if you do, here is the application for renewal – form 31, from AFSA, an old fashioned print and
The law has not been given much attention in the recent CLE and professional offerings on the new insolvency laws, with their limited focus on process and
The end of this saga came on 10 February 2017, when the Full Federal Court made orders amending para 2 of its 3 February orders
The name Egon Kisch may not be familiar to many but a recent talk given at an event held by the Australian Academy of Law
This explains what insolvency practitioners, and lawyers, may immediately confront in the first weeks or so of the new law, under those new or amended
[a more detailed coverage] Replaces CALDB A discipline committee convened by ASIC under s 40-45 of the Corporations Schedule replaces the role of the CALDB.
What will liquidators, trustees and lawyers, and the courts, immediately confront in the first weeks or so of the new law, under the changes introduced to
ASIC has released a report self-assessing itself, according to requirements of the Commonwealth Regulator Performance Framework: Report 511 ASIC self-assessment 2015–16. This requires all the
The Queensland government has on 27 January 2017 issued a guideline under its new ‘chain of responsibility’ environmental protection legislation whereby a range of persons associated with
The interest in this topic is such that some further issues must be explained, for the benefit of applicants and of the regulators. Can experienced
On 27 January 2017, the Full Federal Court reserved its decision. It is to be given this week, on a date to be advised. The stay order
ARITA has reported that the ILRA 2016 imposes a significantly broader range of reporting obligations on liquidators than indicated in the exposure draft of the
Insolvency practitioners have the choice to take on a liquidation or a bankruptcy and therefore must accept that there will be occasions when they will
In my earlier commentary, I reported that Mr Rodney Norman Culleton had been made bankrupt by the Federal Court on 23 December 2016: Balwyn Nominees
