The Age newspaper in Australia has reported on what it describes as the “often extremely heavy” costs in administering insolvencies …
Going back some years, Australia rejected a single insolvency regulator for its personal insolvency practitioners on the one hand, and …
A company liquidator had unpaid fees amounting to $352,383 in his administration of a liquidated company – All Class – …
Delayed payment of bills is said to be a significant problem facing small to medium enterprises in particular, with ‘cash …
Lawyers’ fees in class actions were the subject of a recent conference[1] paper by Sir Rupert Jackson, given in Melbourne, …
The ‘median’ hourly rates for trustees in bankruptcy are from $470 to $600, according to the Australian Financial Security Authority, …
A “ham-fisted” response by a liquidator to an application by a director to terminate the liquidation of his company, has …
A challenge by the Inspector-General in Bankruptcy to trustees’ remuneration in an estate is before Justice Jennifer Davies of the …
Justice Jennifer Davies of the Federal Court has referred bankruptcy trustees’ remuneration to mediation, following a challenge by the trustees …
A Victorian Supreme Court decision gives some background to the regulator’s decision to reduce bankruptcy trustees’ remuneration by over $277,000, …
In a speech given to ARITA’s conference on 9 August 2017, Justice Ashley Black of the NSW Supreme Court has …
Where a person has wrongly been made bankrupt, the court will usually remedy the problem by setting aside or annulling …
A liquidator’s remuneration claim of over $350,000 for conducting the winding up a country dental practice involving 24 of his staff …
While the insolvency profession might be satisfied with the final approval given to the liquidator’s remuneration, by Justice Ashley Black, in Sakr …
Liquidators and trustees in bankruptcy are more accustomed to seeing their own fees come under judicial scrutiny than the fees …
The government is proposing to amend only some of the insolvency law changes under the Insolvency Law Reform Act 2016 …
This excellent review of insolvency practice in Japan provides an instructive perspective for those of us from Western legal traditions, …
An English Chancery Court decision has given guidance on the reasonableness of fixed fees in an insolvency, albeit the fees …
INSOL International has just published a global review of how insolvency practitioners’ fees are assessed and approved across a range of jurisdictions, …
The NSW Court of Appeal has disposed of authority that sought to apply percentage based calculations to liquidators’ remuneration in …
A test case decision in Sakr Nominees from the NSW Court of Appeal will be given tomorrow 9 March at …
The recent decision of Justice Black in PrimeSpace Property [2016] NSWSC 1821 (15 December 2016) might be seen by some …
On 22 November 2016, the European Commission presented a set of new European rules for business insolvency which member states …
Whatever is said in the pending NSW Court of Appeal decision in Sakr Nominees, it is timely to propose that, …
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