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New Zealand insolvency practitioner regulation – possible delay
09/04/2020
NZ
regulation
CPA Australia
General
The new corporate insolvency practitioner licensing regime in New Zealand, due to start in July 2020, may be put off
New Zealand’s COVID-19 insolvency measures – safe harbour; debt hibernation
03/04/2020
NZ
COVID-19
General
Articles
The New Zealand Government has announced it will be introducing legislation to make changes to the Companies Act to help
ARITA’s ‘bushfire and COVID-19’ request to government for funding
01/04/2020
NZ
COVID-19
General
Articles
ARITA – the main Australian industry body representing insolvency practitioners and lawyers – has asked the government[1] for funding to
Managing the insolvency curve – a new government role is needed?
31/03/2020
NZ
UK
COVID-19
General
There is expected to be a wave of businesses and individuals going into liquidation or bankruptcy despite the huge financial
Changes to Australia’s insolvency laws – some different perspectives
24/03/2020
NZ
UK
COVID-19
General
The recent changes to Australia’s insolvency laws are being well explained by the experts. These are some comments from me
New UK Insolvency Code of Ethics
09/03/2020
APES 110
APES 330
APESB
NOCLAR
A new version of the Insolvency Code of Ethics will apply from 1 May 2020 to all insolvency practitioners in
Disclosure of business tax debts to credit agencies
22/02/2020
credit reporting
NZ
tax
disclosure of tax debts
Law allowing the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to disclose tax debt information of businesses – corporate and personal, over AU$100,ooo
Cross-border insolvency hearing between Australia and New Zealand
21/02/2020
NZ
letter of request
General
Law & Practice
The Federal Court of Australia requested the High Court of New Zealand to help it jointly hear applications on 18
A review of Australia’s insolvency practitioner regulation system
18/02/2020
co-regulation
NZ
UK
blame shifting
Given a choice between a good insolvency law and poor practitioners, and good practitioners and a poor insolvency law, the
Million pound fines for breach of insolvency standards
06/02/2020
NZ
UK
General
Law & Practice
The million pound fining of an insolvency firm and its administrators by the English accounting body ICAEW illustrates the differences
Review of Australia’s insolvency safe harbour – s 588GA
03/02/2020
insolvent trading
NZ
safe harbour
General
Australia’s ‘safe harbour’ regime under s 588GA is due for review, since September 2019, as to whether it offers the
Selfies of Australian insolvency practitioners – not looking good …?
22/01/2020
NZ
UK
assetless
IT
Recent Australian academic research reveals an insolvency industry comprising practitioners with low self-identity, lacking in self-confidence and with a limited
The 2020 insolvency practitioner codes
16/01/2020
ARITA Code
Code of ethics
NZ
regulation
New insolvency practitioner codes have issued in Australia, with the UK and NZ perhaps not far behind. It remains to
Winding up a company for a $1,000 debt
30/12/2019
NZ
thresholds
General
Law & Practice
” … the issue of proportionality between the amount of indebtedness and the deployment of an application to wind up
An insolvency safe harbour in New Zealand?
29/12/2019
NZ
safe harbour
General
Law & Practice
As Australia is about the review the first two years of operation of its 2017 safe harbour reforms,[1] New Zealand
New Zealand insolvency – accrediting the professional bodies
20/12/2019
NZ
UK
accreditation
General
Public consultation in New Zealand is now open on a discussion paper on the minimum standards and standard conditions for
Halifax – no reason why the NZ High Court should not physically sit in Australia …
18/12/2019
judges
NZ
General
Law & Practice
The on-going matter of the Halifax liquidation came before Justice Jacqueline Gleeson in the Federal Court of Australia (FCA) on
Insolvency – some root and branch ideas
16/12/2019
articles
General
NZ
UK
Does the government shirk its responsibilities in ensuring the proper operation of our insolvency regime by unloading the costs of
Halifax – a cross-border insolvency
15/12/2019
NZ
letter of request
General
Books and journals
A joint hearing of Australian and New Zealand courts is one way to deal with an intermingled cross-Tasman insolvency, through
Australia’s Official Receiver (in corporate insolvency)
23/11/2019
government liquidator
NZ
UK
official liquidator
Australia adopted much of English corporate law at the beginning of the 20th century but one thing it did not
Breaking a bankruptcy monopoly in New Zealand
22/11/2019
NZ
UK
public v private
General
There are moves in NZ to break the monopoly of the Official Assignee in personal insolvency by allowing private insolvency
New Zealand – corporate insolvency practitioner regulation
19/11/2019
NZ
regulation
UK
coregulation
The New Zealand government has called for submissions on the proposed minimum standards and conditions for the licensing of insolvency
New Zealand insolvency reform – half a gift card
10/11/2019
gift cards
NZ
General
Articles
The New Zealand government has decided to give consumers with unclaimed gift cards issued by a failed business a priority
Cross-border insolvency – the Canberra session
03/11/2019
foreign representatives
NZ
UK
UNCITRAL Model Law
I was pleased to have been involved with others in giving a presentation on UN Day 24 October 2019 to
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