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What happens when a TPD claimant is declared bankrupt in Australia?

In Berryman v Zurich Australia Ltd [2016] WASC 196 it was decided that a bankrupt's entitlement to claim a TPD benefit under a life insurance policy is not an entitlement that is divisible amongst the bankrupt's creditors, and therefore such an entitlement does not vest in the Official Trustee in bankruptcy. Tottle J of the Supreme Court of Western Australia ruled that the bankrupt insured could continue an action in his own name to recover the TPD benefit. Life insurers may need to adjust their claims' payment practices in light of the Berryman decision.

Australia, Insolvency & Restructuring, Insurance, Litigation, Clyde & Co LLP
Tweet all about it: U.S. Bankruptcy Court rules business social media accounts are property of debtor LLC's bankruptcy estate, not individual LLC members

In a case of first impression in Texas, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas held that the former majority member of a chapter 11 LLC debtor had to relinquish control of the LLC's Facebook page and Twitter account because they were property of the LLC's bankruptcy estate. In re CTLI, LLC, Case No. 14-33564, 2015 WL 1588085 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. April 3, 2015). CTLI, LLC was a Texas gun store and shooting range doing business as Tactical Firearms.

USA, Texas, Insolvency & Restructuring, Internet & Social Media, Litigation, Duane Morris LLP, Debtor, Limited liability company, Twitter, United States bankruptcy court, US District Court for Southern District of Texas