UK
A legal ‘affront’ – the Chorley exception – has gone
In raising the fundamental equality of all before the law in the context of a lawyer’s costs in their own
Democracy, Human Rights and the Judiciary: the common law and the wider world
The Australian Academy of Law is hosting a presentation by Sir Nicholas Blake on this Wednesday 4 September 2019, in
Insolvency practitioner offence reporting – a need for reform
If liquidators in Australia are investigating and reporting to ASIC “thousands” of breaches of the law by those involved in
Australian insolvency law – current reforms
As in many countries, general elections put law changes and reform on hold pending the new government’s decisions on pending
England’s approach to ‘phoenixism’ – joint and several liability
English law’s latest proposed reforms in relation to abuse of its tax laws through insolvency, including through ‘phoenixism’, seem to
Debtors’ breathing spaces – UK reforms
This UK government consultation concerns new arrangements proposed for a 60 day ‘breathing space’ for struggling debtors, and for a
UK Crown priority in insolvencies to be restored
The UK government has announced in its 2018 budget that priority dividend payments will be made to the revenue for
