Intelligence

Former High Court judge Dyson Heydon’s (Heydon) credibility as the royal commissioner investigating corruption into trade unions was recently thrown into doubt. Calls...

In Hathway (in his capacity as liquidator of Tightrope Retail Pty Ltd (in liq)) v Tripolitis, ERA Legal persuaded the...

The NSW Government has announced more than 90 changes to strata laws this year.  Given the amount of strata titled...

Virtual currencies, such as Bitcoin, have been in the news and growing in popularity.  Businesses now exist solely to help...

Generally, where a successful adjudication applicant applies to the court for leave to enforce a determination pursuant to s43 of the...

Personal insolvency statistics released by the Australian Financial Security Authority indicate that the number of bankruptcies and other formal personal insolvency arrangements are...

The recent decision of the Federal Court of Australia in Smith v Boné, in the matter of ACN 002 864 002...

What is a liquidator to do in circumstances where a company in liquidation is ostensibly bound by a court order...

The Federal Court was recently faced with an application for leave for a company to be wound up voluntarily in...

In both the business and personal world, contracts govern the relationship between parties to a transactions.  When considering entering into...

Recently in Wong v McDonald [2015] FCCA 2120 the Federal Circuit Court of Australia affirmed that although guarantees are instruments to be...

The Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA) has now released its 2015-16 Insolvency Practitioner Compliance Program. Whilst the program is not...