Cross-border insolvency
Australia’s suggested update of UNCITRAL’s Cross-Border Insolvency Guide
The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Working Group V (Insolvency Law) is meeting this week 16-20 December 2024 ...
The cross-border regulation of insolvency practitioners – insights from INSOL Tokyo
I was invited to present at the INSOL International Academic Colloquium on 12 September 2023 in Tokyo on the panel ...
Cross-border regulation of insolvency practitioners – INSOL Tokyo – where are the government regulators?
This commentary has now been updated. See The cross-border regulation of insolvency practitioners – Murrays Legal ============================================== I was pleased ...
Cross-border proof of an Australian bankruptcy
A certificate of appointment under Bankruptcy Regulation 8.02 in relation to a voluntary bankruptcy should generally be sufficient to support ...
Insolvency Law Bulletin – penalties, phoenix & preferences, franchises & offence reports
The latest issue of the Insolvency Law Bulletin (2019) 20(4&5) covers some very topical issues. The Halifax Investment Services matter ...
Structural weaknesses in the Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency?
Cross-border insolvency law necessarily tries to ensure that insolvency proceedings about a debtor in different jurisdictions are co-ordinated and fully ...
Questions of advantage and efficiency in assessing insolvency practitioner independence
In a further indication of the changing views of the judiciary in relation to the need for the independence of ...
What’s up, or on, in insolvency, early in 2018?
The following commentary on submissions due, events and conferences, professional standards, international and local, hearings and case law*, all in ...
50 years of UNCITRAL – and recollections from Bob Ellicott
At a lecture celebrating the 50th anniversary of UNCITRAL – the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law – a ...
International insolvency regulation – London 2017
The annual meeting of the International Association of Insolvency Regulators, IAIR, is being held in London, from 4 to 7 ...
Protocol for International Recognition of Insolvency Proceedings Affecting Natural Persons
As INSOL International explains, this Protocol of June 2017 is a project that has been completed by members of the ...
INSOL’s Statement of Principles for a Global Approach to Multi-Creditor Workouts
INSOL International has issued a second and updated edition of its Statement of Principles for a Global Approach to Multi-Creditor ...
MSME insolvencies – more on small business ‘exits’
My recent report explained that the insolvency of micro and small to medium enterprises (MSMEs) is to be the subject ...
A Russian liquidation – part of “a long and abusive campaign on the part of the Russian Government”
Claims that the reinstated liquidation of a Russian company – DSL – was part of “a long and abusive campaign ...
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 ...
Pre-insolvency or restructuring professionals – “Pifors”
At a conference held on 24 March by the QUT Commercial and Property Law Research Centre, a presenter, Dr Georg ...
Cross-border insolvency – foreign judgments and enterprise groups
I earlier reported on my December 2016 attendance in Vienna, on behalf of LAWASIA, and UNCCA, on the two model ...
Cross-border insolvency – recognition of insolvency judgments; enterprise groups – UNCITRAL Working Group V, Vienna 2016-New York 2017
I earlier reported on my attendance in Vienna, on behalf of LAWASIA, and UNCCA, the United Nations Commission on International ...
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 ...
UNCITRAL’s 50 Years – Cross-border insolvency of corporate groups; recognition of insolvency judgments – UNCCA
A conference in celebration of the 50th anniversary of UNCITRAL was held in Brisbane on 2 December 2016. Among other ...
Another new co-regulation regime for insolvency practitioners – NZ, following the UK and India
Just as India has introduced co-regulation of its new breed of insolvency practitioners, so has New Zealand acted on a ...
New Zealand – the outlier of international insolvency regulation
Australia and other countries will be relieved that New Zealand is again looking at licensing and regulating its insolvency practitioners. ...
