Intelligence

The WA Supreme Court in the decision of Pravenkav Group Pty Ltd v Diploma Construction Pty Ltd [No 3] [2014]...

ARITA, the Australian Restructuring and Insolvency Turnaround Association, has released a new discussion paper titled A Platform for Recovery. The...

A recent Federal Court decision has found that solicitors do not owe any overarching duty of loyalty to former clients. Solicitors...

The High Court in Brookfield Multiplex v SP61288 has ruled that the builder of an apartment building owes no duty...

The first of four review papers considering the operation of the Personal Property Securities Act (“PPSR“) is now open for...

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....