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Tax office garnishees – a new twis....
Most readers will be familiar with the power of the Deputy Commissioner of Taxation to issue a...
Amendments to Home Building Act now in f....
From today amendments to the Home Building Act come into force, including: Only 'major defects'...
Unwinding a Winding Up Order
What happens when a company does not attend its winding up hearing? In the majority of cases, the...
Day of Difference Cole Classic Team
For the second year ERA Legal will be participating in the Cole Classic 2km ocean swim held on 1...
Official Trustee Unable to Set Aside Fin....
In Official Trustee in Bankruptcy & Galanis and Anor [2014] FamCA 832 the Family Court of...
Murray Inquiry: External Administration....
The Financial System Inquiry 2014 (the Murray Inquiry) recently released its Final Report. The...
Action on Insolvent Trading
According to recently published statistics over 5,400 directors were reported to ASIC in the...
There is still time to support our Movem....
The Mo’s may be gone for another year but there is still 4 days left in the Movember Legal...
Corporate insolvencies continue to rise
ASIC Corporate Insolvency Statistics for the September quarter of 2014 show that 2,469 companies...
PPSA Tip #6: 20 Business Days
It is critical that any security interest is immediately registered on the Personal Property...
PPSA Tip #5: Holding Company -v- Operati....
Corporate groups are often structured with one company holding all of the assets, with a separate...
Liquidator left ‘high and dry....
On 5 November 2014, the Federal Court handed down its decision in Highup Pty Ltd (in Liquidation)...
PPSA Tip #4: Serial Numbered Goods
Did you know that under the PPSA some goods must be registered by serial number and if they are...
PPSA Tip #3: Retention of Title
If you think that having a retention of title clause in your credit terms is sufficient to allow...
PPSA Tip #2 – What is a Security I....
In yesterday’s tip we explained what was covered by the term “personal property”. In a nutshell –...
PPSA Tip #1: What is Personal Property?
In our latest set of tips, we are helping make sense of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009...
The Commissioner’s indemnity under....
Many liquidators and accountants will be familiar with the following sequence of events: - A...
Electronic Bankruptcy Notices are confir....
The Full Federal Court of Australia has recently handed down a judgment confirming bankruptcy...
Public Examinations and witness expenses....
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca2001172/s596a.htmlQuite often, the only way that an administrator or liquidator can properly determine a company’s...
Joe & Joe – IPs’ legal costs under....
Yesterday the Supreme Court published its long-awaited decision in the Joe & Joe Developments...
Pay cut on the horizon for liquidators
On Friday, the NSW Supreme Court handed down two further decisions in its drive to hammer home to...
AFSA announces new Bankruptcy Register S....
AFSA (the Government bankruptcy regulator) now allows bankruptcy searches to be conducted directly...
The Federal Court is paperless as of tod....
As of today the Federal Court of Australia will no longer accept paper documents from lawyers...
WA Court of Appeal challenges Graywinter....
The WA Supreme Court in the decision of Pravenkav Group Pty Ltd v Diploma Construction Pty Ltd [No...