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Apr032017
Last Minute Offers of Compromise: When will the Court grant leave to withdraw?
In the recent decision of Project Gas Services Pty Ltd v Leaseplus Operations Pty Ltd [2017] VSCA 55 (Project Gas Services)...
Apr032017
Shareholders and the right to inspect company books
The holders of shares in a company do not generally have an automatic right of access to the company’s books...
Mar132017
Give me one good reason! Setting aside a Statutory Demand and section 459J
In the recent Supreme Court of New South Wales decision of PostNet Australia Pty Ltd [2017] NSWSC 160, PostNet Australia Pty...
Mar132017
Palmer Drama
On 8 February 2017 the High Court of Australia delivered its judgment in the matter of Clive Frederick Palmer v...
Mar062017
PPSR Update: Serial Numbered Property
If a party provides, as security, collateral that is serial numbered (for example, a motor vehicle) the Personal Property Securities...
Feb272017
Termination of winding up revisited
In the recent decision of In the matter of The Wills Group Pty Limited (in liquidation) [2016] NSWSC 1907, the...
Feb272017
ACN or ABN – the $23,000,000 question
It is often stressed how important it is to correctly register a security interest on the Personal Property Securities Register...
Feb162017
Historical security interests on the PPSR
The Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR) is the single national register of security interests in personal property. As set out...
Feb132017
Consequences of failing to maintain a company’s books and records
In the recent decision of In the matter of Swan Services Pty Limited (in liquidation) [2016] NSWSC 1724 the Supreme Court...
Feb132017
Don’t take it personally: Bankruptcy and Guarantees
The law surrounding whether amounts which become payable under personal guarantees following a guarantor’s bankruptcy have been brought into question in...
Feb132017
Perfect possession
What happens when you have a unperfected security interest and the grantor is wound up, appoints administrators or become bankrupt?...
Jan302017
Describing the collateral in your PPSR registration
When registering a security interest on the Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR), a user may be given the option to...
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