Bankruptcy & Insolvency

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw: Bankruptcy 3.11 “Recovery Action in Relation to Pre-bankruptcy Dispositions”; Bankruptcy 3.12 “Administration of the Estate”; Contracts: Specific 8.3 “Building and Construction Contracts”; Finance, Banking and...

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples 1.2 “Aboriginal Customary Law”; Bankruptcy 3.4 “Compulsory Bankruptcy”; Bankruptcy 3.18 “Debt Agreements”; Business Organisations 4.5 “Company Reorganisation”; Civil...

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw AU: Bankruptcy 3.1 “Preliminaries”; Contract: General Principles 7.9 “Remedies”; Dispute Resolution 13.6 “Dispute Systems Design”; Environment and Natural Resources 14.7 “Biodiversity” Ch 4; Evidence 16.5 “Documentary...

Shareholders, litigation funders and class actions promoters are set to benefit from the long-awaited High Court decision in litigation involving the former mining company Arrium Ltd.

Practical Law Insolvency and Restructuring has released new resources which provide detailed guidance on key aspects of the personal insolvency agreement process.

Practical Law Insolvency and Restructuring has released new resources which provide detailed guidance on key aspects of the debt agreement process.

Practical Law Insolvency and Restructuring has released new resources which provide detailed guidance on key aspects of the bankruptcy process.

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw AU: Bankruptcy 3.8 “Effects of Bankruptcy”; Environment and Natural Resources 14.6 “Environmental Harm: Pollution Control and Hazardous Substances”; Intellectual Property 23.1 “Copyright” Chs 1–3, 12–13; Professional...

Australian Business Law Review update: Vol 49 Pt 2; Building and Construction Law Journal update: Vol 37 Pt 1; Company and Securities Law Journal update: Vol 38 Pt 6; Insolvency Law Journal update: Vol 29 Pt 3

Liquidators seeking to recover unfair preference payments where a running account or a continuing business relationship exists, must now determine the preferential effect of mutual dealings from the start of the unfair preference avoidance period until liquidation.

New Bankruptcy Regulations have commenced on 1 April 2021.

Commentary addressing the new Pt 5.3B regime of the Corporations Act 2000 (Cth) and associated precedents and prescribed forms available.