Intelligence

Last Wednesday, Mr and Mrs Pozzebon had a bad day. 

A surprising Federal Court decision has determined that a liquidator “is not an officer of the corporation for the purposes...

A liquidator does not always need to provide security for costs when bringing actions in the name of an insolvent...

An Irish court has allowed a liquidator to serve papers via LinkedIn. For more information, see here.

The Corporations Act has different requirements for “controllers” and “receivers” – notably the requirement that all receivers be registered liquidators...

A recent decision has shed light on when bailments and consignments will be deemed to be “security interests” (and when...

In a decision handed down yesterday, the Supreme Court got well and truly stuck in to liquidators and their lawyers....

A proposed amendment to the Fair Entitlements Guarantee Act 2012 (Cth) is presently before Federal Parliament.  If this amendment is...

When you have two caveators both claiming the same money, who gets paid first? This was one of the several...

In March 2014, ERA Legal appeared in the Federal Court of Australia and obtained orders for the appointment of provisional...

In the decision of Maxwell v Highway Haulers Pty Ltd the High Court has endorsed a broader interpretation of s54(1)...

With the introduction of the Personal Properties Securities Register, there is now a streamlined process where a party is able...