Crime
Insolvent trading convictions set aside on mental health grounds
Following convictions and imprisonment for insolvent trading arising from the 2009 collapse of Kleenmaid, its founder, Andrew Young, has succeeded …
‘The Vanishing Criminal – Causes of Decline in Australia’s Crime Rate’ – a book review
This is a very interesting and useful book, trying to explain why Australia’s crime rate has fallen in many areas, …
Crime and insolvency, Australian style
There is not much correlation between crime and insolvency, in my researches, certainly in comparison with crime in the world …
by how much could we reduce white collar crime by imposing 30 year jail sentences? “Zero”.
The Honest Politician’s Guide to Crime Control never went into to a second edition, and it may by now be …
Offence reporting in insolvency
In reporting breaches of the law to ASIC, and triggering action by ASIC, liquidators are not required to express any …
Are accountants professionally restricted in advising directors on safe harbour?
A pending new publication on corporate restructuring contains these comments about Code obligations of insolvency accountants advising financially distressed and …
Bankruptcy – for a whole year?!
“The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.”[1] I would not go so far as to say that …
The cost of a victim of crime in pursuing her own justice
The personal and financial suffering that a victim of a serious physical crime can go through, and the costs of …
Lifting the fear and suppressing the greed – a Senate committee report on penalties for white collar crime
A long awaited Senate committee report on penalties for white collar crime was issued on 23 March 2017 under the …
