AFSA regulation
Insolvency regulation – of the practitioners, and the regulators?
Revised 17.7.26 Insolvency practitioner regulation has had its annual review in the UK under a co-regulatory regime that Australia thought ...
How were moneys stolen by a liquidator and a trustee?
Back in 2010 the criminal misconduct of a liquidator led to a Senate inquiry and a recommendation for a new ...
Insolvency practitioner regulation – 20++ adjournments later
The Paul Leroy former bankruptcy trustee “millions of dollars in missing funds” matter in the Federal Court continues, and continues, ...
Action already under AFSA’s Regulatory Action Statement 2025-2026
AFSA is already dealing with two issues that it has on its list for attention in its Regulatory Action Statement ...
Setting aside a personal insolvency agreement – on a tip-off
The Inspector-General in Bankruptcy has succeeded in having a debtor’s Part X personal insolvency agreement (PIA) of 1 March 2024 ...
A suspended liquidator’s reinstatement – a Kafkaesque journey?
ASIC Professional Registers Search Details A search of ASIC’s Professional Registers shows that Peter Macks is now registered by ASIC ...
Leroy and the [still] missing bankruptcy funds
The claim against former bankruptcy trustee Paul Leroy drifts on, with a mere ‘case management conference’ in the Federal Court ...
Ariff and insolvency practitioner regulation
It is interesting to compare the rather muted reaction to millions of dollars missing from three insolvent estates in Sydney ...
The costs of insolvency practitioner regulation
ASIC has released its analysis of the costs of regulation of liquidators; AFSA has issued comparable analyses of the costs ...