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Double suspension as a liquidator and as a trustee
25/02/2021
ARITA
New Zealand
discipline
An experienced Australian insolvency practitioner (IP) has had his right to practise as a liquidator suspended by a Court for
Too much independence? a re-issue of my 2016 commentary
23/02/2020
Case law
commentary
independence
Law reform
My analysis below of the law of insolvency practitioner independence, written in October 2016, is reissued in February 2020 in
NZ’s 2019 Insolvency Practitioners Regulation Act and its cross-Tasman impact
06/07/2019
New Zealand
regulation
CAANZ
General
NZ’s Insolvency Practitioners Regulation Act is due to commence over the next year introducing a licensing and regulatory regime for
Revised insolvency standard for practitioners. As to their professional bodies …
25/06/2019
APESB
ARITA
New Zealand
regulation
The Accounting Ethical and Professional Standards Board (APESB) has approved a new and revised APES 330 – Insolvency Services, the
NZ Insolvency Practitioners Bill – RITANZ submission
14/09/2018
New Zealand
RITANZ
General
Articles
The submission of RITANZ of 7 September 2018 on the proposed Insolvency Practitioners Bill presently before the NZ parliament raises
Liquidators’ examinations – not the same judicial restraint in Australia as in England and NZ
29/08/2018
New Zealand
public examinations
General
Articles
As the Full Federal Court has just confirmed, an Australian liquidator may conduct a public examination of a prospective or
Directors’ identities, their home addresses, and more
18/08/2018
director identity number
New Zealand
General
Articles
With Australia having just closed its consultation on allowing company directors to have a director identity number (DIN), it is
Gift card reform – “a GIFT, not an investment”? or “there should be NO expiry EVER”?
17/08/2018
gift cards
New Zealand
General
Articles
Federal Treasury has closed its public consultation on an exposure draft of the Competition and Consumer Amendment (Gift Cards) Bill
Consultation on director identity numbers – responses by 17 August 2018
14/07/2018
director identity number
New Zealand
General
Articles
In the 2018-19 Budget, the Australian government announced that it would modernise the Australian Business Register (ABR) and the ASIC
New Zealand’s changes to its insolvency laws
11/07/2018
New Zealand
regulation
General
Articles
Proposed changes to NZ insolvency laws through the Insolvency Practitioners Bill, presently before parliament, are open for submissions until 24
NZ insolvency practitioner co-regulation – new law proposed
29/06/2018
New Zealand
RITANZ
General
Articles
In a forthcoming article, I examine an aspect of Australia’s new regime for the (over) regulation of insolvency practitioners, which
A liquidator’s ‘overbearing approach’ did not pay
08/04/2018
New Zealand
remuneration
General
A “ham-fisted” response by a liquidator to an application by a director to terminate the liquidation of his company, has
New NZ Insolvency Code of Professional Conduct
25/03/2018
Conferences and events
General
Insolvency profession
New Zealand
RITANZ, the Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association of New Zealand, has released its Code of Professional Conduct for its members,
What’s up, or on, in insolvency, early in 2018?
18/01/2018
New Zealand
APESB
NOCLAR
ARITA
The following commentary on submissions due, events and conferences, professional standards, international and local, hearings and case law*, all in
Are accountants professionally restricted in advising directors on safe harbour?
17/11/2017
Crime
Ethics
General
Insolvency profession
A pending new publication on corporate restructuring contains these comments about Code obligations of insolvency accountants advising financially distressed and
Codes of conduct
04/10/2017
APES 110
ARITA Code
Books, articles, commentary
Code of ethics
Codes of conduct need to remain in step with on-going changes in the commercial and business worlds in which they
Amerind and Killarnee – ships in convoy, or on a collision course?
29/08/2017
bankruptcy
Case law
Insolvency Law Reform
Law reform
Over 35 years ago, a Judge said that if a liquidator winding up a trustee company were to lose out
Insolvency practitioner regulation – New Zealand & Australia
28/08/2017
New Zealand
Comparing NZ insolvency law with Australia’s, in preparation for the BFSLA conference this week on 1 September 2017, the day
Banking & Financial Services Law Association Conference – 31 August-2 September
31/07/2017
BFSLA
Conferences and events
General
Law reform
The Banking and Financial Services Law Association is holding its annual conference in Brisbane on 31 August-1 September 2017, in
NZ accountants’ new Code obligations, with Australia close behind
17/07/2017
Australian Academy of Law
Books, articles, commentary
Insolvency Law Reform
Insolvency profession
Accountants in New Zealand, including those who are insolvency practitioners, are from this week required to refer relevant breaches of
A New Zealand Ponzi – the final outcome of McIntosh v Fisk
29/05/2017
Case law
Insolvency Law Reform
Law reform
New Zealand
The second report of the NZ insolvency working group had deferred consideration of the application of the voidable transactions regime
NZ insolvency reform – gift cards, director identity numbers, voidable transactions, Ponzi schemes, and more
17/05/2017
articles
Case law
commentary
director identity number
New Zealand does well in its insolvency law reform, partly assisted by not being a federation (no Linc Energy surprises),
Challenges to trusts by bankruptcy trustees – New Zealand law reform
15/05/2017
Books, articles, commentary
Case law
New Zealand
sham
A recent change to the New Zealand Insolvency Act 2006 (Schedule 1, new para (x)) has given power to the
The decision in Sakr Nominees – keeping it in proportion
10/03/2017
Books, articles, commentary
Case law
Law reform
New Zealand
The NSW Court of Appeal has disposed of authority that sought to apply percentage based calculations to liquidators’ remuneration in
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