History
Bad timing? or will Euclid save the day?
Calculation of time limits in law should be straightforward but judges have taken us to the mathematics of Euclid and ...
“in a daily newspaper circulating generally”
Our ’21st century’ corporate insolvency courts have reintroduced a 19th century rule requiring liquidators and others to place notices in ...
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 ...
Bankruptcy and mental incapacity
A son was obliged to ‘forum shop’ in order to assist his debt-laden father go into voluntary bankruptcy. The father had suffered ...
Penalising insolvent companies – a King Charles I comparison
Regulators seeking penalties against companies in liquidation often reveal, as I have recently commented,[1] some serious signs of frustration that ...
Egon Kisch and Albert Piddington
The name Egon Kisch may not be familiar to many but a recent talk given at an event held by ...
Are accountants, and lawyers, prepared for NOCLAR?
The APESB has released a draft of new section 225 of the Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants, APES 110, ...
