ARITA Code

ASIC v Bettles – case dismissed, with costs

ASIC has lost a major Federal Court proceeding brought against a senior and experienced liquidator, Jason Bettles, alleging that his ...

“industry codes with their precepts, guidance and aspirational verbiage cannot dictate the proper construction and application of the relevant statutory provisions”

Soft law in Australia takes a rather strict approach in assessing the independence of insolvency practitioners, more so than, for ...

Insolvency practitioner independence – law and practice

One of Australia’s insolvency bodies, ARITA, has issued a reminder to its members about the need for liquidators to maintain ...

The 2020 insolvency practitioner codes

New insolvency practitioner codes have issued in Australia, with the UK and NZ perhaps not far behind. It remains to ...

Accountants’ insolvency code updated

A new standard for insolvency practitioners – APES 330 – has just been issued written in APESB’s unique style and ...

Codes of conduct

Codes of conduct need to remain in step with on-going changes in the commercial and business worlds in which they ...

A case of ‘just in case’ – Network Ten

The concept of “potential” or “putative” insolvency administrators who have had “recent, long-term, substantial and remunerative involvement” with the company ...