Part 5.1 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) provides a court-approved, flexible procedure to allow companies to reorganise share capital or debt repayments with creditors. It is a very commonly used method for corporate reconstructions in Australia. The case law on schemes of...

Jordan holds a Master of Laws degree from the University of Chicago and combined Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Science (Advanced) degrees from the University of Sydney, with Honours in nuclear physics. Prior to being called to the Bar in 2022, Jordan was a lawyer at Arnold Bloch...

Five years after she became the first Indigenous Judicial Officer in the Australian Capital Territory, Magistrate Louise Taylor, a proud Kamilaroi woman, is set to become the Territory’s sixth resident Supreme Court Judge. Justice Taylor will be sworn in at a Ceremonial Sitting of the...

Barrister Victor Kline, Editor of the Federal Law Reports and a Senior Reporter, looks at an important decision that has been reported in the FLRs: Director of Public Prosecutions (ACT) v Lehrmann (No 6) (2022) 373 FLR 412; [2022] ACTSC 334 (McCallum CJ). Victor summarises the facts...

The latest six-monthly updates on ASIC enforcement and regulatory developments

Three substantial decisions were handed down in the second week of the court’s June sittings

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Criminal Procedure 11.7 “Trial Procedure”; Criminal Procedure 11.8 “Appeals”; Criminal Sentencing 12.5 “Non-custodial Orders”; Criminal Sentencing 12.11 “Inter-jurisdictional Enforcement”; Finance, Banking and...

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