Conferences and events

Maritime review of the year

The Murrays Legal were pleased to attend the annual presentation at Norton Rose Fulbright on international maritime law developments given ...

Traill’s 16th Insolvency Conference 1-2 May – a wrap-up

A wide range of legal and practice issues concerning the current insolvency law changes under the Insolvency Law Reform Act ...

Micro and small to medium enterprises – what to do about their insolvency

With latest ABS data showing that Australia is primarily a nation of small business operators, largely successful, it is perhaps to ...

The law and lawyers: their limits – an Academy of Law Ethics Hypothetical

The Australian Academy of Law held the first of its three Sydney conferences for the year on 4 April 2017 ...

The bankruptcy of Sir Garfield Barwick, Chief Justice of the Australian High Court – an example of a true ‘fresh start’

A significant aspect of our legal, social and political history has been revealed through a paper presented on the financial ...

The Fletcher Moot – the winners, and the many honourable law student competitors

The Fletcher Moot 2017 was a significant organisational and educational achievement in the teaching of insolvency, in this case, the ...

Traill insolvency conference 1-2 May – the ILRA changes – pre-sale closes tomorrow – 31 March

For those registered at Rosie Traill’s excellent annual conference, and those who register by the early bird deadline tomorrow, Friday 31 ...

INSOL Academics 2017

The INSOL Academics Colloquium was held over the weekend of 18-19 March 2017 in Sydney. The session covered a wide ...

Our new insolvency reforms … tired of waiting

I became tired of waiting for a government response to the commencement of the Insolvency Law Reform Act 2016 on 1 March ...

Liquidators working overseas – how are they regulated? INSOL Academics 18-19 March 2017

I am pleased to be presenting at the INSOL Academics’ Group Colloquium in Sydney, being held on 18 and 19 ...

QUT Law – Current Issues in Insolvency Law: Global Perspectives – 24 March

The QUT Commercial and Property Law Research Centre is hosting international speakers and QUT academics at this session on Friday 24 March ...

Ian Fletcher International Insolvency Law Moot Competition: grand final Friday 17 March, 3pm-5pm, Sydney

Chief Justice James Allsop of Australia, Lord Justice David Richards of England and the former Justice the Hon Allan Gropper ...

European Commission proposes new approach to business rescue in Europe

On 22 November 2016, the European Commission presented a set of new European rules for business insolvency which member states ...

Traill Bankruptcy Conference – much better than the corporate alternative

Read the funding proposal for ASIC’s regulation of liquidators and understand why bankruptcy is so much more advanced.  Corporate insolvency practitioners, lawyers ...

QUT insolvency expertise

QUT is holding its international personal insolvency conference in Brisbane tomorrow and Friday – 8-9 September 2016 – with speakers ...

INSOL Academics Conference – London 13-15 July 2016

The conference dinner, held at the Crypt of St Etheldreda, London on 13 July 2016.

Convergence of insolvency frameworks within the European Union

In 2014 the EU determined upon a new approach to insolvency law, to which its member states were to aim. ...

A list of international insolvency events and issues

As your correspondent attends insolvency gatherings in England and Belgium, he thought it useful to gather together some related events and ...