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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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