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Jul202017
Liquidator Renewal Shenanigans
Amendments to the Corporations Act 2001 (Act) which came into effect on 1 March 2017 impose on liquidators an obligation...
Jul202017
Technology in Civil Litigation: Reducing time and costs
On 30 January 2017, the Supreme Court of Victoria introduced a new Practice Note “Guidelines for the Use of Technology”....
Jun192017
ATO Focus Remains on Pre-Insolvency Industry
In a recent press release, the ATO has confirmed its officers have been continuing their work to stamp out illegal...
Jun192017
Resisting a winding up application by a substituted creditor
In the recent decision of 640 The Esplanade Pty Ltd v Splash Bay Pty Ltd (No 2) [2017] FCA 89...
May292017
AFSA Releases Personal Insolvency Statistics
The Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA) recently released its statistics for the March 2017 quarter generally recording a rise in...
May292017
Terminating a winding up: The need for unqualified evidence as to solvency
In the recent decision of Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Project Tiling Group Pty Limited [2017] FCA 208, the Federal...
May152017
Director Convicted for Falsifying Company Books
For obvious reasons, the concealment, destruction, mutilation or falsification of a company’s books is capable of being an offence under...
May152017
Exercising options – A pixie is not a clown
An option is a term within a contract that gives one party (the Grantee) the option to exercise a right granted by...
May122017
Amendment to PPS Lease definition
The Personal Property Securities Amendment (PPS Leases) Bill 2017 was passed by Parliament on 11 May 2017 and will become...
May012017
Director Cleans Bank Account
Following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the NSW DPP recently obtained a conviction against the...
Apr102017
Discretionary Trusts: Can they be trusted?
It has long been understood that a bankrupt’s potential interest in assets of a discretionary trust (arising by virtue of...
Apr102017
PPSA Tip #7: Licence or Plate
Justice Black of the NSW Supreme Court has given lawyers some commercial drafting tips as well as important guidance to...
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