This is the title of a recent article written by Dyson Heydon AC QC on contempt of court, with a …
The federal government’s Innovation Statement of 2015 contained some simplistic aims for the promotion of entrepreneurial activity from proposed changes …
I was pleased to have attended the recent book launch of A History of Australian Legal Education written by my …
R3 in the UK has commented on a recent OECD Report, about which we gave some views when it came …
Codes of conduct need to remain in step with on-going changes in the commercial and business worlds in which they …
It is good to see that that several reform issues raised in my and Jason Harris’ textbook, Keay’s Insolvency, appear …
While the new safe harbour law[1] is the end result of some years of torturous debate, still on-going, it is …
The significance of bankruptcy and the need for its law to be clear and predictable is emphasized in a recent judgment of the …
The Black Economy Taskforce has released a discussion paper outlining a number of additional policy ideas which draw on its …
Economic analyses of insolvency in Australia are strangely limited, given that a major purpose of an insolvency regime is its support of …
The annual meeting of the International Association of Insolvency Regulators, IAIR, is being held in London, from 4 to 7 …
The question of insolvency practitioner independence is important given the role of a company liquidator and bankruptcy trustee. Independence rules …
Accountants in New Zealand, including those who are insolvency practitioners, are from this week required to refer relevant breaches of …
After giving directors the benefit of protection from liability for insolvent trading, through the ‘safe harbour reforms’, the government has …
As INSOL International explains, this Protocol of June 2017 is a project that has been completed by members of the …
Mr Dutton, the immigration minister, has been found wanting in refusing an application by a Mr Singh for a 6 week bridging …
Professional accountants in Australia will soon be bound by a new standard that could require them to report offences to …
While the insolvency profession might be satisfied with the final approval given to the liquidator’s remuneration, by Justice Ashley Black, in Sakr …
Regulators seeking penalties against companies in liquidation often reveal, as I have recently commented,[1] some serious signs of frustration that …
“… Nazi troops responded to this secret emigration campaign by inspecting all Danish boats, using specially trained dogs to sniff out …
The federal government is putting through laws that would give directors of companies greater latitude to incur debts that cannot …
The friendly family doctor, dentist, and police officer properly convey what the term “friendly” means, that meaning going back to Beowulf. …
A recent change to the New Zealand Insolvency Act 2006 (Schedule 1, new para (x)) has given power to the …
In the context of the recent intersections between environmental protection laws and insolvency laws, in relation to CORA laws and Linc …
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