remuneration

INSOL International – Special Report on Insolvency Practitioners’ Remuneration

INSOL International has just published a global review of how insolvency practitioners’ fees are assessed and approved across a range of jurisdictions, ...

The decision in Sakr Nominees – keeping it in proportion

The NSW Court of Appeal has disposed of authority that sought to apply percentage based calculations to liquidators’ remuneration in ...

Appeal decision in Sakr Nominees – remuneration of liquidators

A test case decision in Sakr Nominees from the NSW Court of Appeal will be given tomorrow 9 March at ...

Sakr Nominees – insolvency practitioner remuneration

The recent decision of Justice Black in PrimeSpace Property [2016] NSWSC 1821 (15 December 2016) might be seen by some ...

European Commission proposes new approach to business rescue in Europe

On 22 November 2016, the European Commission presented a set of new European rules for business insolvency which member states ...

the Sakr Nominees appeal and well beyond …

Whatever is said in the pending NSW Court of Appeal decision in Sakr Nominees, it is timely to propose that, ...

One of the dark arts…..

A court appointed receiver applying to the court for determination of his remuneration was subjected to 2 days cross-examination on ...

Liquidator’s remuneration approved, and power of sale confirmed

In yet another decision on remuneration, and the power of a liquidator to sell trust assets to recoup that remuneration, a ...

Liquidators riding a remuneration merry-go-round

The commentaries on how the judges assess, or should assess, the remuneration of liquidators is reaching saturation point, one practitioner likening it ...

Remuneration of liquidators: Idylic Solutions, Templeton revisited – more of the same?

Judges’ inconsistency of approach in determining the remuneration of corporate insolvency practitioners is continuing. The respective state and federal courts ...

Consistency in judicial decisions – Marlborough Gold Mines revisited

A rather unsatisfactory situation is developing in the nation’s federal and state superior courts in their exercise of shared jurisdiction ...

Latest Supreme Court Views on Liquidators’ Remuneration

A NSW Supreme Court judge has spoken about “liquidators’ preference for time-based remuneration, and courts’ scepticism of it” at a major ...

Liquidators’ remuneration further explained …

Obviously with an eye on the ‘controversy’ over how to assess liquidator’s remuneration, at least in NSW, Justice Robb of that Supreme ...

A list of international insolvency events and issues

As your correspondent attends insolvency gatherings in England and Belgium, he thought it useful to gather together some related events and ...

Liquidators’ remuneration – aren’t you all missing the point?

A proper funding model for the insolvency profession is needed, partly to end the interminable debate about the cost of ...

Remuneration of liquidators – Sakr Nominees – 1 November hearing

Criticism of inconsistency in judicial decision making in determining the amount liquidators should be paid for the work they do ...