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The latest news, updates and member resources.
Case: Court remedies inadvertent error on creditor’s petition
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23/04/2024
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Submission: ASIC consults on misconduct reporting
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18/04/2024
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March 2024 Quarterly Round-up now available
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9/04/2024
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2024 ARITA SA NT Division AGM and Chair Report
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3/04/2024
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Case: Transfers from husband to wife declared void
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2/04/2024
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2024 ARITA Qld Division AGM and Chair Report
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27/03/2024
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2024 ARITA NSW ACT Division AGM and Chair Report
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27/03/2024
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Case: Termination of a DOCA for abuse of Pt 5.3A
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26/03/2024
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2024 ARITA Vic Tas Division AGM and Chair Report
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26/03/2024
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2024 ARITA WA Division AGM and Chair Report
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26/03/2024
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ARITA Journal vol 36 01: The decade-long effort to complete an iconic landmark
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25/03/2024
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Practice Alert: Updated Guidance on Small Business Restructuring
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25/03/2024
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Practice Alert: Personal insolvency indexed amounts update (20 Mar 2024)
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22/03/2024
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Case: Bankrupt sentenced to imprisonment for disposing of assets
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18/03/2024
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Celebrating International Women's Day 2024
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7/03/2024
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Case: Court dismisses an attempt to reopen Arrium administration following final distributions
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5/03/2024
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ARITA's recommendations for 'near term' insolvency law reform actions
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4/03/2024
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Practice Alert: proposed Safe Harbour changes
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27/02/2024
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Case: Arrest warrants following failure to attend public examinations
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26/02/2024
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Case: Is it just? Is it equitable? Appointment of provisional liquidators
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19/02/2024
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ARITA welcomes new Platinum National Partner: Frontline Accounting
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9/02/2024
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Termination of ARITA Membership - Mr Paul Leroy
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6/02/2024
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Case: Unreasonable director-related transaction – how far is s 588FDA’s reach?
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5/02/2024
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Practice Alert: Personal insolvency indexed amounts update (Dec 2023)
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2/02/2024
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Bruce Carter AO recognised in Australia Day Honours list
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31/01/2024
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Submission: Pre-budget submission 2024-25
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23/01/2024
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Case: Definition of insolvency event
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22/01/2024
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Submission: Government response to PPSA Whittaker review
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22/01/2024
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Case: Recovery of superannuation contributions as transactions to defeat creditors
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17/01/2024
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December 2023 Quarterly Round-up now available
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17/01/2024
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Practice Alert: Changes to SOA and AFSA processes
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10/01/2024
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ARITA notes criminal charges against former member Peter Amos
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20/12/2023
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Case: Update to FEG appeals on s 561 issues
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12/12/2023
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Case: Court clarifies when leave will be granted to commence proceedings against a company
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11/12/2023
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Practice Alert: Small business redundancy exemption loophole closed
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8/12/2023
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John Melluish awarded Life Membership of ARITA
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5/12/2023
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ARITA Journal vol 35 #4: The impact of directors’ duties on IPs
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5/12/2023
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Case: Court confirms proper procedure to commence insolvent trading proceedings
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5/12/2023
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Case: Costs orders against trustee in bankruptcy
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27/11/2023
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Case: Dishonesty offences and automatic disqualification
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27/11/2023
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Case: Avoiding insolvency - Judicial advice to a superannuation trustee
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21/11/2023
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Practice Alert: Validation of the date a statement of affairs is ‘filed’
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16/11/2023
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Practice Alert: AIA unfrozen & Corporations Act definitional changes
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9/11/2023
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Case: Claiming penalty privilege in response to a s 596B summons to produce documents
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30/10/2023
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Practice Alert – s 600G repealed & other procedural amendments
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30/10/2023
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Practice Alert: Court releases guidance on schemes
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30/10/2023
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Submission: ASIC Insolvent trading RG 217
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30/10/2023
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Practice Alert: Personal insolvency indexed amounts update (Sept 2023)
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26/10/2023
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Practice alert: Appointee obligations where a defect in their appointment is alleged
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26/10/2023
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Case: The Federal Court confirms that an EFT transaction constitutes a “payment of money”
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24/10/2023
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Submission: Small Business Redundancy
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20/10/2023
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ARITA awards Life Membership to Alan Scott
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17/10/2023
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Case: Meaning of ‘property of bankrupt’ and ‘property divisible amongst creditors of the bankrupt'
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16/10/2023
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Case: Do consensual payments into Court give rise to a registrable security interest?
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25/09/2023
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Practice Alert: Personal insolvency indexed amounts update (20 Sept 2023)
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21/09/2023
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ARITA Journal vol 35 #3: Bringing a national icon back to life
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18/09/2023
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Case: The perils of filing an application to set aside a bankruptcy notice on the last day
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18/09/2023
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Case: Relief from liability granted to power station administrators for costs of rebuild
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12/09/2023
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Submission: Structural Challenges in the Consultancy Industry
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7/09/2023
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Updating preferences in new email system
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5/09/2023
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Case: Federal Court provides much needed guidance on ability to prove of arbitral awards under DOCA
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5/09/2023
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Submission: Personal Insolvency Consultation
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4/09/2023
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Case: a winding-up application is not the time to run arguments against the statutory demand
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28/08/2023
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Migration to new email system
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25/08/2023
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Case: Terminating DOCAs for misleading information in and omissions from creditor reports
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21/08/2023
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Case: Variation of Small Business Restructuring Plan approved by the Court
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17/08/2023
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Practice Alert: FEG views on the application of the BCA case
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16/08/2023
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Practice alert: Vic employers must now destroy Covid-19 vaccination information
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15/08/2023
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Case: When can you terminate a deed of company arrangement?
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14/08/2023
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Case: DOCAs cannot be used to abuse the objectives of Pt 5.3A of the Corporations Act
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14/08/2023
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Submission: Corporations Act unfreezing the Acts Interpretation Act & definitional changes
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14/08/2023
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Submission update: ASIC IFM review
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14/08/2023
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Case: Guidance on marshalling where creditors hold securities of different priority
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9/08/2023
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Case: Taking care of business – asset sales prior to the first meeting of creditors
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9/08/2023
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ARITA inducts four new Life Members
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3/08/2023
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Practice alert: Applying for early destruction of books
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1/08/2023
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Practice Alert: Personal insolvency indexed amounts update (26 Jul 2023)
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27/07/2023
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Case: Relief under ss 139D(2) and 139E(2) of the Bankruptcy Act
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25/07/2023
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Case: Court finds that AAT cannot set aside IG’s decision not to review income assessment
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24/07/2023
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Case: Use of s 81 examination transcripts in proceedings claiming a dishonest and fraudulent design
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19/07/2023
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Case: Court clarifies that relief not required for PPSA interests granted after appointment
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18/07/2023
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Submission update: PJC inquiry into Corporate Insolvency in Australia - Report findings
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14/07/2023
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Termination of ARITA Membership - Mr Richard Auricht
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12/07/2023
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Media release: Inquiry into Corporate Insolvency report opens door for major improvements
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12/07/2023
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Practice Alert: Please complete the AFSA Internal Audit Survey for Registered Trustees
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12/07/2023
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Case: Court clarifies the circumstances in which R&D tax refunds are not circulating assets
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10/07/2023
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Case: Use of a holding DOCA to avoid liquidation provision of SOP Act is not an improper purpose
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5/07/2023
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Practice Alert: Indexed remuneration amounts updated (corporate)
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4/07/2023
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Practice Alert: Personal insolvency indexed amounts update (March 2023)
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4/07/2023
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Practice Alert: Release of draft CRIS for ASIC IFM for 2022/23
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29/06/2023
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Four Corners investigation shows need for regulators to prosecute dodgy liquidators
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28/06/2023
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Practice Alert: Guidelines relating to the treatment of CGT in bankruptcy
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27/06/2023
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Case: Step-in rights and power of attorney are s 12 security interests under the PPSA
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22/06/2023
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ARITA Journal vol 35 #02: Lessons on the transport sector in Australia
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14/06/2023
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Case: Determining insolvency based on future debts and a company officer’s personal liability
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14/06/2023
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ARITA announces new 2023–2024 Board
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13/06/2023
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New market trends report released
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31/05/2023
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Revised reporting date for Parliamentary Joint Committee inquiry into corporate insolvency
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30/05/2023
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ARITA Young Professionals Committees EOI
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1/05/2023
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Practice Alert: Personal insolvency indexed amounts update (26 Apr 2023)
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27/04/2023
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Case: CA s 561 has no application if secured debt fully paid out of non-circulating assets
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24/04/2023
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Case: Court grants 12-month extension of convening period to facilitate trading
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3/04/2023
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Practice alert: Qld – Building Security of Payment Act
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29/03/2023
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ARITA makes key contribution to national personal insolvency roundtable
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27/03/2023
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Practice Alert: Personal insolvency indexed amounts update (20 March 2023)
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27/03/2023
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ARITA Journal vol 35 01: The question of independence
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22/03/2023
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Simplified insolvency process for SMEs a top priority: Podcast
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14/03/2023
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Practice Alert Update: Bravure notifications to Registered Trustees
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14/03/2023
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Video: Celebrating women in insolvency: IWD 2023
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9/03/2023
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Case: High Court affirms that a voidable transaction cannot be set-off against pre-liquidation debt
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6/03/2023
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ARITA's further submission to PJC insolvency inquiry now available
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6/03/2023
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Case: The High Court rules a line through the 'peak indebtedness rule'
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28/02/2023
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ARITA makes additional submission to parliamentary inquiry into corporate insolvency
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14/02/2023
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Practice Alert: ATO review of draft SBR proposals
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9/02/2023
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ARITA welcomes AG's bankruptcy roundtable announcement
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3/02/2023
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Case: Paying remuneration and costs from trust assets: guidance for liquidators
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31/01/2023
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ARITA welcomes new legal director
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17/01/2023
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ARITA addresses Parliamentary Joint Committee hearing on corporate insolvency reform
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12/01/2023
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Practice alert: Litigation funding - ASIC relief update
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10/01/2023
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Case: Adjudicating proofs of debt in assetless liquidations and cost implications
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12/12/2022
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ARITA makes submission to parliamentary inquiry into corporate insolvency in Australia
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7/12/2022
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ARITA Journal Vol 34 #04: Making the right strategic choices
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5/12/2022
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Case: To injunct, or not to injunct? That is the question ...
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1/12/2022
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Case: Remuneration Determinations - Liquidators' Success Fee
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28/11/2022
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Submissions update: Modernising Business Communications and Other Measures
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24/11/2022
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Practice Alert: Corporate Collective Investment Vehicles
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18/11/2022
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Vale David Blackwell, OAM
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15/11/2022
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Practice Alert: Personal insolvency indexed amounts update (September 2022)
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3/11/2022
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Submission: ASIC IFM Review
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27/10/2022
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Practice Alert: ABRS testing - company searches
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25/10/2022
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Case: Practical guidance for receivers when exercising their power of sale
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21/10/2022
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Practice Alert: ASIC releases CRIS for 2021-22
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21/10/2022
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ALRC seeking survey participants
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17/10/2022
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Case: Is a bankrupt released from a judgement debt where the original debt was incurred by fraud?
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12/10/2022
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Practice Alert: ATO releases guidance on CGT in bankruptcy
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30/09/2022
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Submission: Exemptions for litigation funding schemes
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30/09/2022
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Media Release: Insolvency Profession Welcomes Announcement of Essential Review of Insolvency Laws
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28/09/2022
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Case: Claim under D&O policy defeated where director's company benefited from director's breach
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26/09/2022
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Submission: Rationalisation of Ending ASIC Instrument Measures
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26/09/2022
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Practice Alert: Personal insolvency indexed amounts update (20 Sept 2022)
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26/09/2022
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Practice Alert: Amendments to Victorian Environmental Protection Act
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21/09/2022
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Case: SOPA and insolvency intersect again
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20/09/2022
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Practice Alert: ASIC guidance for Queen's memorial public holiday
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20/09/2022
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Practice Alert: AFSA guidance for Queen's memorial public holiday
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14/09/2022
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Practice Alert: Legal status of directors who do not hold Director ID
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13/09/2022
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Practice alert: Queen's memorial public holiday
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12/09/2022
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Case: Reasonable to pursue an unreasonable director-related transaction in a solvent liquidation
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7/09/2022
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ARITA Journal Volume 34 #03 // 2022 Digital assets, cryptocurrency, investigations & cybersecurity
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1/09/2022
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Practice alert: ATO finalising position on CGT for Trustees
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29/08/2022
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Practice Alert: Personal insolvency exemplar behaviour case studies
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29/08/2022
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Termination of ARITA Membership - Mr Peter Amos
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23/08/2022
)
Case: Public examinations - liquidators' right to commercially sensitive information & documents
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15/08/2022
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Personal bankruptcy and liquidation of a company guidance document
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10/08/2022
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Insolvency numbers return to pre-COVID levels
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9/08/2022
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Submissions: Government announces review of ASIC IFM
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9/08/2022
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Practice Alert: ROCAP Version 2
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1/08/2022
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Practice Alert: Personal insolvency indexed amounts update (June 2022)
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29/07/2022
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Submission: ASIC CRIS 2021-22
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28/07/2022
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Practice Alert: Director ID requirements for companies in external administration
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20/07/2022
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ARITA Journal Volume 34 #02 // 2022 celebrates Paul Cook
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18/07/2022
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Case: When an objection is objectionable
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14/07/2022
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Practice Alert: Personal insolvency indexed amounts update (March 2022)
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7/07/2022
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User testing of companies functions of new ABRS website
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5/07/2022
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Practice Alert: WA - New Building Security of Payment Act
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5/07/2022
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Case: Objecting to the decision to discharge of Salim Mehajer - Administrative review
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4/07/2022
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Termination of ARITA Membership Mr Stephen Hathway
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27/06/2022
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Termination of ARITA Membership - Mr Paul Quill
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27/06/2022
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Case: Trustee successfully recovers property
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27/06/2022
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Practice Alert: CGT in bankrupt estates update
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20/06/2022
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AFSA reports progress on promoting diversity in the insolvency profession
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20/06/2022
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ARITA / AFSA / ASIC Liaison Meeting 29 March 2022
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14/06/2022
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ARITA Life Member Robyn Erskine recognised with AM in the Queen's Birthday Honour List
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14/06/2022
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2022 ARITA Member Survey Prize Draw Winner
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7/06/2022
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Practice Alert: Release of draft CRIS for ASIC IFM for 2021/22
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6/06/2022
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Case: Court defends Administrators' remuneration 'you can't have your cake and eat it too'
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3/06/2022
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Case: A 'blatant example of phoenixing' - anti-phoenixing laws to the rescue
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24/05/2022
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Case: Refresher on the pre-conditions for leave under section 459S
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23/05/2022
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Case: NSWSC clarifies priority of claims over R&D tax refunds between employees and secured creditor
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17/05/2022
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Submission: APRA Strengthening crisis preparedness
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9/05/2022
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News: Suspension of Membership of Paul Quill
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21/04/2022
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Case: Judicial advice sought re character, enforceability & priority of entitlements to trust assets
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19/04/2022
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Practice Alert: Amendments to Bankruptcy Regulations & Rules
(
8/04/2022
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Case: Liquidators seek to appoint themselves as administrators
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7/04/2022
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News 2022-23 Federal Budget the good the bad the ugly insolvency announcements
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31/03/2022
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ARITA Journal: The changing face of law reform in Australia
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29/03/2022
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Submission: Review of the Insolvent Trading Safe Harbour: Report & Government Response
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24/03/2022
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Practice Alert: Update on CGT in bankrupt estates
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23/03/2022
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Practice Alert: Personal insolvency indexed amounts update (20 March 2022)
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22/03/2022
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Practice Alert: Personal insolvency indexed amounts update (December 2021)
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22/03/2022
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Case: When is defeating creditors the 'main purpose' of a transfer of property?
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4/03/2022
)
Practice Alert: External administration of Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle
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1/03/2022
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Case: Liquidator's disclaimer of contaminated land set aside - Victorian Court of Appeal decision
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28/02/2022
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News: Complete the FRAA survey on ASIC performance
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28/02/2022
)
Submission: ALRC's Review of legislative framework for corporations and financial services
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25/02/2022
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Submission: Bankruptcy system options paper
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25/02/2022
)
Case: Use of public examination powers significantly increased by High Court
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23/02/2022
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Case: Can cash derived from income ever be 'after-acquired' property?
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15/02/2022
)
Draft submission: Reforms to the Bankruptcy system, including 1-year bankruptcy FOR MEMBER FEEDBACK
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14/02/2022
)
Practice Alert: Virtual meeting voting using show of hands & notional place
(
10/02/2022
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Practice Alert: ASIC guidance on completing Form 574: Application for early destruction of books
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8/02/2022
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