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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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