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Apr212015

Supreme Court rules on secured creditor VA appointments

The Supreme Court of New South Wales has ruled that a secured creditor is not entitled to appoint an administrator (under...
Apr202015

ASIC Register of Financial Advisers

From 31 March 2015, ASIC has now published a comprehensive national register of financial advisers. The register is intended to...
Apr152015

Tax relief for companies imminent

In a bid to stimulate economic growth and accordingly employment levels among small medium enterprises, there has been speculation that...
Apr152015

Commencement of Proceedings by Strata Corporations

The New South Wales Supreme Court recently handed down its decisions in 2 Elizabeth Bay Road Pty Ltd v The...
Apr142015

New AFSA video: Consequences of Bankruptcy

The Australian Financial Services Authority (AFSA) has continued its release of short, informative bankruptcy videos with “Consequences of Bankruptcy“, a concise...
Apr142015

Enforcing an accepted offer of compromise

The Federal Court judgment in Linke v TT Builders Pty Ltd [2015] FCA 11 serves as a useful reminder of parties’ obligations to...
Mar302015

Imputed trust? High Court allows appeal and overturns Victorian Court of Appeal

In Korda v Australian Executor Trustees (SA) Ltd [2015] HCA 6, the High Court unanimously allowed an appeal and overturned...
Mar302015

Statutory Demands for Undisputed Portions of Debt

Exercising caution is important when a creditor considers issuing a creditor’s statutory demand for payment of debt. This is because...
Mar302015

Final report on the review of the PPSA

The Final Report on the Review of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) (PPSA) has been tabled in the Senate....
Mar242015

The Master’s waste of time – remuneration revisited

Many readers will be aware of the controversial Supreme Court decision in AAA Financial (No. 2), which gained the profession’s...
Mar232015

Proposed changes to Foreign Investment Review Board applications

The Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975 (Cth) and Australia’s foreign investment policy regulate the framework of foreign investment in...
Mar232015

Statutory demand for part of debt

A new decision has clarified creditors’ rights where part of a debt is disputed. As is common knowledge, if a...
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