Kel­lie Van Munster

Expe­rtise

• Lit­i­ga­tion
• Insol­ven­cy
• Con­trac­tu­al disputes
• Prop­er­ty disputes
• Estate dis­putes
• Trust dis­putes
• Debt recov­ery
  
• Bank­rupt­cy
  

Practice & Industry Sectors

• Litigation & Dispute Resolution
• Banking & Finance

Experience

Com­mer­cial and cor­po­rate litigation:

• Assign­ments of debt, enforce­ment of guar­an­tees and secu­ri­ty inter­ests in real and per­son­al property.
• Con­veyanc­ing disputes.
• Dam­ages claims, debt recov­ery and enforce­ment of judgments.
• Direc­tors’ and office­hold­ers’ statu­to­ry lia­bil­i­ty and breach­es of fidu­cia­ry duties.
• Injunc­tions and freez­ing orders.
• Joint ven­tures, con­struc­tive and result­ing trusts, includ­ing over inter­ests in real property.
• Trusts, share­hold­er and part­ner­ship disputes.

For insol­ven­cy, both cor­po­rate and per­son­al — act­ing for Admin­is­tra­tors, Liq­uida­tors and Receivers in all types of dis­putes in numer­ous indus­tries, and for Trustees in Bank­rupt­cy and Trustees appoint­ed under sec­tion 66G of the Con­veyanc­ing Act. In overview:

• In Admin­is­tra­tions — exten­sions of con­ven­ing peri­ods, val­i­da­tion of appoint­ments and in Bank­rupt­cy — defend­ing removal applications.
• Appli­ca­tions to the Court (con­test­ed) for approval of remu­ner­a­tion of Liq­uida­tors, Receivers and Sec­tion 66G Trustees.
• Appli­ca­tions to the Court for direc­tions (judi­cial advice)
• Deeds of Com­pa­ny Arrange­ment and Cred­i­tors’ Schemes of Arrangement.
• Orders for pos­ses­sion of real prop­er­ty in Bank­rupt Estates.
• Pub­lic exam­i­na­tions in Bank­rupt­cy and wind­ing ups, includ­ing appear­ing at times with­out Counsel.
• Replace­ment of Liq­uida­tors by appli­ca­tion to the Court.
• Trac­ing, seiz­ing and real­is­ing assets of var­i­ous kinds.
• Ter­mi­na­tions of wind­ing ups for Liq­uida­tors and also for shareholders.
• Void­able trans­ac­tions in per­son­al and cor­po­rate insol­ven­cy.

Roles, memberships and education

• Bachelor of Arts (major in Psychology) – University of Western Sydney
• Bachelor of Laws (LLB) – University of Western Sydney
• Admitted to practise as a solicitor in News South Wales in December 2007
• Member of the Law Society of NSW