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Consultation on director identity numbers – responses by 17 August 2018
In the 2018-19 Budget, the Australian government announced that it would modernise the Australian Business Register (ABR) and the ASIC
A bankrupt’s travel overseas
Australia is on the outer internationally in imposing restrictions on those who are bankrupt from travelling overseas; they are required
NZ insolvency practitioner co-regulation – new law proposed
In a forthcoming article, I examine an aspect of Australia’s new regime for the (over) regulation of insolvency practitioners, which
Australia’s insolvency regime (in administration) – ideas for its restructure
In my preparation for a panel discussion at the major AIIP Insolvency Conference in Canberra on the future of insolvency,
Review of insolvency practitioner regulation
A review of aspects of the disciplinary process for insolvency practitioners that was introduced by the Insolvency Law Reform Act
Ponzi investigations and their cost
Free liquidator investigations into failed Ponzi schemes are raised as an idea in a New Zealand government discussion paper on
Bankrupt parliamentarians – ok or not?
At a time when the government has a Bill before Parliament to reduce the period of bankruptcy from three years
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
by how much could we reduce white collar crime by imposing 30 year jail sentences? “Zero”.
The Honest Politician’s Guide to Crime Control never went into to a second edition, and it may by now be
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
A liquidator’s ‘overbearing approach’ did not pay
A “ham-fisted” response by a liquidator to an application by a director to terminate the liquidation of his company, has
Trust law reform – continued
As much as the issues raised in the decisions in both Amerind (Victorian Court of Appeal) and Killarnee (Federal Court)
New NZ Insolvency Code of Professional Conduct
RITANZ, the Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association of New Zealand, has released its Code of Professional Conduct for its members,
Some casual Friday comments on recent insolvency developments
This is a quick review of some on-going current issues in insolvency and related. Pending decisions The Commonwealth v Byrnes
ASIC and one-year bankruptcy, AUSTRAC, a fees claim settled, and more …
The following further commentary on insolvency – submissions due, events and conferences and case law – may be of interest.
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
Murrays Legal Commentary – closing 31 Dec-1 Jan
Murrays Legal has, since June 2016, issued over 350 commentaries on the broad topic of insolvency, personal and corporate, from
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
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
‘A one year bankruptcy or a 3 year debt agreement … what’s the catch?’
With Australia on the verge of introducing a one year period of bankruptcy, it is odd that no comparable reforms
QUT Law Review – a special issue on personal insolvency
Australia’s current major bankruptcy law reforms are necessarily informed by a range of academic and professional input, from here and
Amerind and Killarnee – ships in convoy, or on a collision course?
Over 35 years ago, a Judge said that if a liquidator winding up a trustee company were to lose out
Managed Investment Schemes – proposed reforms
The problems with managed investments schemes (MIS) have been well documented in recent times. A 2016 Senate Report into Agribusiness
