Intelligence

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...

ERA Legal recently appeared in the Supreme Court of New South Wales on an application to have the solvency of...

In the recent case of Seabreeze v Topsou, a developer learned that it ain’t a breeze to avoid the application...

The Victorian Court of Appeal has resolved uncertainty surrounding the limitation period applying to building claims brought under the Building...

A recent decision of the Supreme Court of NSW has concluded that the cases “establish clearly enough” that, where a...

ERA Legal recently acted for the liquidators of 1st Fleet Pty Limited (in liquidation) in obtaining a judgment in excess...

The Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA) has revised its process for handling complaints about the conduct of bankruptcy trustees. Key changes include:...

In a well known 2009 decision, Hall v Poolman [2009] NSWCA 64, a liquidator was criticised for pursuing a claim...