My analysis below of the law of insolvency practitioner independence, written in October 2016, is reissued in February 2020 in …
The Honest Politician’s Guide to Crime Control never went into to a second edition, and it may by now be …
There can be a connection between a person’s mental health and their financial distress. In business, one can feed off the …
Section 160 of the Commonwealth Evidence Act 1995 is proposed to be amended to change the day when posted letters are presumed …
Report 532 ASIC’s regulation of registered liquidators: January to December 2016 is a rather dense and detailed report which explains …
Immigration law and policy and has been a contentious issue in Australia, with newspapers and politicians often infuriated by interpretations …
The “safe harbour” reform bill has been introduced into federal parliament to address directors’ “medium risk” of liability for insolvent trading. …
Whether or how to regulate “debt management” firms comes up in the government’s decision to accept all 11 recommendations of the …
New Zealand does well in its insolvency law reform, partly assisted by not being a federation (no Linc Energy surprises), …
Increased professional obligations of accountants, and insolvency practitioners, to refer breaches of the law to the authorities, are being considered at …
The 2016 “gift-card” report of the UK Law Commission examined whether there should be greater protection for consumers who lose …
The account of the bankruptcy of Sir Garfield Barwick and the personal impact that it had on him is a …
The draft ‘safe harbour’ provisions proposed by the government offer directors two advantages in what must be their genuine attempts …
Drafts of ASIC’s Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy Bill 2017 and related Bills have been released for comment, by 10 March …
The law has not been given much attention in the recent CLE and professional offerings on the new insolvency laws, with their …
The name Egon Kisch may not be familiar to many but a recent talk given at an event held by …
ARITA has reported that the ILRA 2016 imposes a significantly broader range of reporting obligations on liquidators than indicated in …
Insolvency practitioners have the choice to take on a liquidation or a bankruptcy and therefore must accept that there will …
Senate questioning of ASIC does provide some useful information at times. In the inquiry into ASIC’s 2015 annual report by …
Although the government is trying to distance any connection between wrongdoing and a company going into liquidation or a person …
The Treasurer has asked the Standing Committee on Economics to inquire into and report on what is termed a Review …
In a case involving “an important issue for the operation of maritime law in this country” a 5 member bench of …
The commentaries on how the judges assess, or should assess, the remuneration of liquidators is reaching saturation point, one practitioner likening it …
The appointment of a receiver to the large South Korean Hanjin Shipping Line has had an impact in Australia, with …
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