Insolvency

Debtor in Possession Reforms Commence with Not Much of a Bang

The insolvency reforms aimed at helping small businesses through insolvency, passed in the The Corporations Amendment…
COMMENTS ON THE EXPOSURE DRAFT CORPORATIONS AMENDMENT (CORPORATE INSOLVENCY REFORMS) REGULATIONS 2020 AND RULES 2020

KEY ASPECTS FOR PRACTITIONERS, PPSA ISSUES AND OTHER MATTERS WORTH NOTING Introduction The Corporations Amendment (Corporate…
Common Issues with the PPSA and how to deal with them as a solicitor or barrister

I recently presented a video podcast with my learned friend and fellow barrister Amanda Carruthers on…
Small Business Insolvency Reforms Seminar Paper and Update on the next draft of the Bill

Will the Covid Insolvency Wave look like this? I had the pleasure of speaking to the…
My submission on the Corporations Amendment (Corporate Insolvency Reforms) Bill 2020 (the Bill)

Treasury invited submissions on the Bill providing only 5 days notice, after the exposure draft and…
Comments on the Exposure Draft of the Insolvency Reform Legislation – Corporations Amendment (Corporate Insolvency Reforms) Bill 2020

This draft reform bill leaves key features of the Debtor in Possession model,and simplified liquidation, unfinished.…
Exposure Draft of the Covid Insolvency Reforms released – just five more days (including this weekend) to make submissions….

I would not ordinarily post a link to something I had not read, but this is…
Debtor in Possession – Thoughts on Frydenburg’s Insolvency Law reform to commence 1 January 2021

The outline of the Federal Government’s small business insolvency reform package, to introduce a debtor in…
PPSA Mid Year Update

The Dalian decision is particularly important for solicitors acting for judgment or arbitration creditors who obtain…
COVID PPSA Update

2. The main impact of the PPSA is in insolvency. The first thing a liquidator, administrator…
PPSA Update – February 2020 Paper

In February 2020 I delivered a now annual seminar providing an update on recent PPSA developments…
PPSA – Recent Developments – the O’Keeffe and Psyche cases

I recently presented a paper to Leo Cussens during a half day PPSA conference on the…