My analysis below of the law of insolvency practitioner independence, written in October 2016, is reissued in February 2020 in …
The Honest Politician’s Guide to Crime Control never went into to a second edition, and it may by now be …
Once the trustee and insolvency lawyers have explained the law about the insolvency of trading trusts in the decision in …
The reports of the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee on the one-year bankruptcy (BAEI Bill) and the debt agreement …
The UK government is consulting on law reform with a view to, in its words, “to improve the UK’s corporate …
Consistent with its objects, the Australian Academy of Law held a series of three public debates in 2017, in Sydney, …
The current inquiries and debates about whether we should reduce our period of bankruptcy in Australia from three years to …
The success of the claims of Linc Energy’s liquidators against Queensland’s Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) won’t resolve the continuing legal …
This is a quick review of some on-going current issues in insolvency and related. Pending decisions The Commonwealth v Byrnes …
This does no more than set out the opening paragraphs of Justice Clyde Croft’s judgment of 16 February 2018 about …
The collapse of WA’s Ellendale diamond mine, and the liquidators’ prompt disclaimer of the mining site, leaving the clean up …
Many less than 1% of bankrupts warrant an objection to discharge from their bankruptcy, trustees leave it til the last …
The following further commentary on insolvency – submissions due, events and conferences and case law – may be of interest. …
The term ‘pussyfooting’ comes to mind when looking at the government’s proposed new ‘tough’ approach to employees’ unpaid super contributions …
The following commentary on submissions due, events and conferences, professional standards, international and local, hearings and case law*, all in …
The debt agreements regime under the Bankruptcy Act would be substantially changed in order to give greater confidence in a …
Mr Christian Porter, as the new federal Attorney-General, might like to consider transferring responsibility for personal insolvency from his law …
Some of us are waiting for Santa, others are waiting on anticipated updates in insolvency law so we can send …
Is there a possibility that the new ‘safe harbour’ regime for directors might be removed? It depends. While the …
Although listed for tabling in parliament this year, the Bankruptcy Amendment (Debt Agreement Reform) Bill 2017 did not quite make …
In ‘A one year bankruptcy or a 3 year debt agreement … what’s the catch?’ I foreshadowed reforms to Part …
Many will remember the Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee (CAMAC), and its predecessor CASAC. CAMAC produced many law reform reports …
The government has put off its announced one year bankruptcy law until well into next year, asking for submissions by …
The federal government’s Innovation Statement of 2015 contained some simplistic aims for the promotion of entrepreneurial activity from proposed changes …
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