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Following their appointment, a voluntary administrator has a limited time within which to prepare their report to creditors pursuant to...

The Federal Government has today announced a package of insolvency law reforms which will include: a default bankruptcy duration of one...

The Australian Financial Services Authority has released a video podcast to help insolvency practitioners meet their obligations to refer possible...

It is commonly presumed that an order to wind up a company is an order set in stone and that...

in Smith v Lucht, the Queensland District Court has decided that comparing a lawyer to “Dennis Denuto” of The Castle...

Insolvency practitioners are well aware of the power of directors to appoint an administrator to a company.  However, the question...

From 9 November 2015 lenders will need to meet a higher identification standard in relation to mortgagors prior to granting...

ERA Legal has successfully obtained an order for security for costs against a company in liquidation in circumstances where the...

In the recent decision of Ramsay Health Care Australia Pty Ltd v Compton [2015] FCA 1207, the Federal Court of Australia...

The Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) (PPSA) provides strict time limits for the registration of a security interest on...

The recent decision of the full court of the Supreme Court of South Australian in Richmond v Moore Stephens Adelaide...

When a company receives a Creditor’s Statutory Demand for Payment of Debt (Statutory Demand) which is perhaps defective or the...