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Oct152015
High Court: Foreign freezing order free for all
The High Court in PT Bayan Resources TBK v BCBC Singapore Pte Ltd & Ors has approved the grant a...
Oct122015
PPSA regime imminent for PNG
A new Personal Property Security regime is anticipated to commence in Papua New Guinea before the end of 2015. While...
Oct022015
No ‘likes’ for courtroom selfie
In a victory for the painfully obvious, a Judge in the US has ordered a criminal defence lawyer to remove...
Sep302015
ATO Winding-up blitz shows no signs of slowing down
The ATO winding-up blitz (as reported by ERA Legal in June and July) has continued throughout August and September, with ATO...
Sep292015
Defective Statutory Demand? Whose ‘de’fault is that?
The Federal Court of Australia has affirmed that the existence of technical defect in a Statutory Demand will not automatically...
Sep282015
Amendments to the PPSA about to come into force
The Australian Parliament has recently passed legislation amending the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (PPSA). The amendment is set to repeal...
Sep242015
ASIC’s four year plan to target liquidators
ASIC has released its 2015-16 to 2018-19 Corporate Plan setting out strategic priorities including: Promoting investor and financial consumer trust...
Sep232015
The apprehension of bias
Former High Court judge Dyson Heydon’s (Heydon) credibility as the royal commissioner investigating corruption into trade unions was recently thrown into doubt. Calls...
Sep222015
Liquidator successfully obtains orders to cross-examine defendants on their financial positions
In Hathway (in his capacity as liquidator of Tightrope Retail Pty Ltd (in liq)) v Tripolitis, ERA Legal persuaded the...
Sep172015
Big changes to strata laws
The NSW Government has announced more than 90 changes to strata laws this year. Given the amount of strata titled...
Sep102015
Regulating Digital Currency
Virtual currencies, such as Bitcoin, have been in the news and growing in popularity. Businesses now exist solely to help...
Sep102015
Security for payment during insolvency
Generally, where a successful adjudication applicant applies to the court for leave to enforce a determination pursuant to s43 of the...
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