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Statutory Demands: searching for assign?
Creditor's Statutory Demands have become a useful, cheap and effective way of ensuring companies...
You can’t keep a good man down!
Recognisable across Sydney for his colourful sandwich boards and animated personality, serial...
What constitutes a “supporting affidavit....
In the recent decision of Imagebuild Group Pty Ltd v Fokust Pty Ltd [2017] VSCA 131, the Victorian...
Salim Chance: a lesson in timely communi....
The recent case of In the matter of Sydney Project Group Pty Ltd (Administrators Appointed)...
When is “practical completion....
In the recent NSW Court of Appeal decision of Abergeldie Contractors Pty Ltd v Fairfield City...
Foreign Affairs: When Bankrupts have ass....
In the recent decision of Talacko v Bennett [2017] HCA 15, the High Court considered whether a...
Secured Creditors and Bankruptcy: Can yo....
In the recent decision of Morris Finance Ltd v Brown [2017] FCAFC 97, the Full Court of the...
Taking a cautious approach when dealing....
Liquidators of corporate trustees are continually faced with the conundrum - what powers do I have...
SOPA Update: Electronic Service Changes
Contractors beware, the Electronic Transactions Legislation Amendment (Government Transactions)...
Competing assignments in the context of....
The time of service of a notice of claim on a principal under the Contractors Debts Act 1997 (NSW)...
Chief Operating Officer liable for Misle....
Contractors beware! In 470 St Kilda Road Pty Ltd v Robinson [2017] FCA 597 (470 St Kilda Road),...
Mediating Franchising Disputes Without B....
Did you know that there is a Mediation Advisor for disputes relating to the Franchising Code? The...
Liquidator Renewal Shenanigans
Amendments to the Corporations Act 2001 (Act) which came into effect on 1 March 2017 impose on...
Technology in Civil Litigation: Reducing....
On 30 January 2017, the Supreme Court of Victoria introduced a new Practice Note “Guidelines for...
ATO Focus Remains on Pre-Insolvency Indu....
In a recent press release, the ATO has confirmed its officers have been continuing their work to...
Resisting a winding up application by a....
In the recent decision of 640 The Esplanade Pty Ltd v Splash Bay Pty Ltd (No 2) [2017] FCA 89 the...
AFSA Releases Personal Insolvency Statis....
The Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA) recently released its statistics for the March...
Terminating a winding up: The need for u....
In the recent decision of Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Project Tiling Group Pty Limited...
Director Convicted for Falsifying Compan....
For obvious reasons, the concealment, destruction, mutilation or falsification of a company's...
Exercising options – A pixie is no....
An option is a term within a contract that gives one party (the Grantee) the option to exercise a...
Amendment to PPS Lease definition
The Personal Property Securities Amendment (PPS Leases) Bill 2017 was passed by Parliament on 11...
Director Cleans Bank Account
Following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the NSW...
Discretionary Trusts: Can they be truste....
It has long been understood that a bankrupt's potential interest in assets of a discretionary...
PPSA Tip #7: Licence or Plate
Justice Black of the NSW Supreme Court has given lawyers some commercial drafting tips as well as...