Delay
Caution against “reasoning backwards” in assessing the validity of liquidators’ litigation
A judge has cautioned against “reasoning backwards” to assume that insolvency practitioners’ failed or injudicious legal proceedings either should not …
‘Your place or mine, and for how long?’ – a lack of judicial independence
We might have noticed that courts in Australia and indeed in most comparable countries are usually housed in their own …
Insolvency law’s unfortunate ‘split commencement’
The unfortunate decision of the government to split the commencement date of the ILRA 2016 has created confusion, compounded by …
Insolvency Practice Rules 2016 released – Corporations and Bankruptcy
The Insolvency Practice Rules (Corporations) 2016 have now been released, without fanfare, and are on the Federal Register of Legislation. The Insolvency …
Consolidated version of the new Bankruptcy Act 1966
CCH is publishing a consolidated version of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 as amended by the Insolvency Law Reform Act 2016. …
A silver lining in the insolvency law reform delay
The unfortunate delay in the commencement of the substance of the insolvency law reforms for one year, to 1 September …
Insolvency reforms further delayed
The Australian government has decided that insolvency practitioners need more time to implement long awaited law reforms aimed at improving practitioners’ …
Insolvency law reforms – no further delay …
In 2002, an eminent insolvency judge noted a drafting error in Ch 5 of the Corporation Act and recommended in …
