UPDATE | Changes to statu­to­ry demands from 1 Jan­u­ary 2021

Feb 3, 2021

Marc Bad­dams and Sean Green­wood pro­vide an update fol­low­ing on from the recent arti­cle Changes to statu­to­ry demands from 1 Jan­u­ary…
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Mer­i­tas — An Intro­duc­tion to Tem­po­rary Changes Affect­ing Busi­ness­es in Aus­tralia and New Zealand

Jul 16, 2020

Look­ing for busi­ness and legal guid­ance regard­ing COVID-19 updates and pro­grams in Aus­tralia & New Zealand? This doc­u­ment has cov­er­age across…
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Insol­ven­cy Update | Statu­to­ry Demands, Bank­rupt­cy and Insol­vent Trad­ing | 26 March 2020

Mar 26, 2020

With COVID-19, the Coro­n­avirus Eco­nom­ic Response Pack­age Omnibus Bill 2020 (the Bill) has some sweep­ing changes to statu­to­ry demands, bank­rupt­cy…
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Til Debt Do Us Part: The effec­tive use and pit­falls of statu­to­ry demands

Nov 12, 2018

Intro­duc­tion A cred­i­tor who is claim­ing a debt from a com­pa­ny will often want to employ the quick­est and cheap­est method of…
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Right to ter­mi­nate con­tracts for insolvency

Jul 17, 2018

“Ipso fac­to” claus­es are claus­es which allow a par­ty to ter­mi­nate a con­tract if the oth­er par­ty suf­fers an insol­ven­cy event. These…
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Impor­tant news for small busi­ness new laws offer pro­tec­tion against unfair contracts

Feb 18, 2016

In Brief The land­scape for small busi­ness­es in Aus­tralia is chang­ing. Through­out 2016, those of you look­ing to the future…
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Am I liable for mis­lead­ing infor­ma­tion sup­plied by some­one else?

Aug 24, 2015

In brief The Aus­tralian Con­sumer Law pro­hibits mis­lead­ing or decep­tive con­duct and false or mis­lead­ing rep­re­sen­ta­tions. But can you escape…
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Liq­uida­tors — exam­in­ing pre-exam­i­na­tion steps

Nov 6, 2014

In Brief Exam­i­na­tions under sec­tions 596A and 596B of the Cor­po­ra­tions Act 2001 (Cth) are an impor­tant method for liq­uida­tors to…
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Prac­tice note: Approval of pro­vi­sion­al liq­uida­tor’s remuneration

Jul 14, 2014

In Brief In the Mat­ter of CB Con­struc­tions (NSW) Pty Ltd [2014] NSWSC 913 is a recent deci­sion of Jus­tice Black which…
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Extend­ing a con­ven­ing peri­od before it expires — rel­e­vant principles

Jul 2, 2014

In Brief The admin­is­tra­tor of a com­pa­ny under admin­is­tra­tion must con­vene a meet­ing of the com­pa­ny’s cred­i­tors with­in the con­ven­ing peri­od set out…
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