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Insolvency practitioner independence – a ‘fair-minded’ or ‘uncharitably-minded’ assessment
The most recent decision on insolvency practitioner independence confirms an ongoing trend of treating the fair-minded observer, whose view is ...
ASIC’s 2016-17 Report – insolvency practitioners
ASIC’s 2016-2017 annual report has been released. The following comments focus on the report’s comments on ASIC’s oversight of liquidators ...
Shifting the Dial – not far enough for insolvency and phoenixing
The Productivity Commission’s report – Shifting the Dial – is a valiant attempt to move us out of the comfort ...
Our new insolvency law – how on earth did it all happen?
Australia’s new insolvency laws – introduced by the Insolvency Law Reform Act 2016 – are in place and the task ...
A History of Australian Legal Education, by David Barker
I was pleased to have attended the recent book launch of A History of Australian Legal Education written by my ...
Australian Academy of Law
I am honoured to have been elected a director of the Australian Academy of Law at its AGM on 25 ...
How to be ethical in the practice of the law: can it be taught?
This open debate, organised by the Australian Academy of Law, is the final in a series of three ethics-themed debates ...
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 ...
Why does the Federal Circuit Court not have corporate insolvency jurisdiction?
This is not a plug for the Federal Circuit Court of Australia, which sits below the Federal Court, but it ...
Where’s an economist when you need one?
R3 in the UK has commented on a recent OECD Report, about which we gave some views when it came ...
Other constitutional restrictions on our politicians – treason, and bankruptcy
This commentary need not distract us from the important issue being heard by the High Court on Tuesday 10 October ...
Codes of conduct
Codes of conduct need to remain in step with on-going changes in the commercial and business worlds in which they ...
Keay – phoenix reforms
It is good to see that that several reform issues raised in my and Jason Harris’ textbook, Keay’s Insolvency, appear ...
Insolvency Law Reform Act – some real legislation errors
woodfer The changes effected by the Insolvency Law Reform Act 2016 are now law with some parts having commenced on ...
What’s on …. insolvency and related conference and seminars 2017 into 2018
A list of conferences for the rest of the year, into 2018 in some of which one or other of ...
The new Code of Banking Practice – what and when?
In evidence before the Senate Select Committee on Lending to Primary Production Customers on 11 August 2017, the Chief Executive of ...
The need to pick up the phone….
An appeal court has confirmed a finding that a liquidator who did not telephone a director to inquire about money ...
Liquidators – let employees know about their rights to claim on FEG?
Mr Merante was an employee of a company for 15 years, from 2000 until shortly after it went into voluntary ...
Banking & Financial Services Law Association Conference – 31 August-2 September
The Banking and Financial Services Law Association is holding its annual conference in Brisbane on 31 August-1 September 2017, in ...
Melbourne Insolvency Forum Conference – Tokyo, Japan – 23-27 August 2017
An insolvency conference, said to be a Taste of Japan. There is a very good article in the International Insolvency ...
Law – a noble pursuit or a profit centre? The Australian Academy of Law’s second ethics debate
A lively debate between senior lawyers from the bar, the big firms, the regulator, and community legal centres was held ...
Environmental and insolvency law – parallel appeals in Australia and Canada
Australia’s odd constitutional arrangements have allowed a State environmental protection law to prevail over Commonwealth insolvency disclaimer law, in Linc ...
Protected: Law reform fixes needed to ensure protection of trustees and liquidators
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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 ...
