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What to do about problem debt advisers?
A late submission received by the Senate Economics Committee inquiry into credit and financial services aimed at those at risk
One pre-packaged insolvency – coming up
An option for a quick resolution of an insolvent business is its quick pre-packaged exit, and transfer of assets to
Insolvency law update – May 2018
This is one of my regular updates on where things are at in the insolvency law and practice world in
What’s up, or on, in insolvency, early in 2018?
The following commentary on submissions due, events and conferences, professional standards, international and local, hearings and case law*, all in
Pending insolvency law and practice changes
Some of us are waiting for Santa, others are waiting on anticipated updates in insolvency law so we can send
The end of safe harbour?
Is there a possibility that the new ‘safe harbour’ regime for directors might be removed? It depends. While the
An economic perspective on trends in start-ups, and -downs
The federal government’s Innovation Statement of 2015 contained some simplistic aims for the promotion of entrepreneurial activity from proposed changes
Are accountants professionally restricted in advising directors on safe harbour?
A pending new publication on corporate restructuring contains these comments about Code obligations of insolvency accountants advising financially distressed and
Safe harbour for directors of corporate groups? An UNCITRAL initiative
UNCITRAL’s Insolvency Working Group V is meeting in Vienna next month to discuss the preparation of guidance for directors
Safe harbour – some inherent behavioural issues to overcome
While the new safe harbour law[1] is the end result of some years of torturous debate, still on-going, it is
A safe harbour from our harsh insolvency laws?!
The “safe harbour” reform bill has been introduced into federal parliament to address directors’ “medium risk” of liability for insolvent trading.
Directors and their safe harbour – how to get them to behave
An aim of the latest “safe harbour” insolvency reforms is to “drive cultural change” in company directors by encouraging them
Law reform – a carve-out from directors’ insolvent trading liability, with a change in their culture in return
The draft ‘safe harbour’ provisions proposed by the government offer directors two advantages in what must be their genuine attempts
Australian safe harbour and ipso facto reforms
Obviously prompted by my reporting of significant restructuring reforms in the EU, and my query as to the long delayed
