This week’s TGIF considers Gogetta Equipment Funding Pty Ltd v Mark & Liz Pty Ltd [2018] VSC 91, which examined a priority contest between competing equitable interests in property.

What happened?

This week’s TGIF considers the case ofIn the matter of Bean and Sprout Pty Ltd [2018] NSWSC 351, an application seeking a declaration as to the validity of the appointment of a voluntary administrator.

What happened?

On 7 December 2018, Mr Kong Yao Chin (Chin) was purportedly appointed as the voluntary administrator of Bean and Sprout Pty Ltd (Company) by a resolution of the Company.

This week’s TGIF is the second of a two-part series considering Commonwealth v Byrnes [2018] VSCA 41, the Victorian Court of Appeal’s decision on appeal from last year’s Re Amerind decision about the insolvency of corporate trustees.

In June 2017, the New South Wales Parliament introduced the Civil Liability (Third Party Claims Against Insurers) Act 2017 (NSW Act), designed to clarify the rights of claimants to proceed directly against insurance companies. But in the context of insolvent corporations, has it created more problems than it has solved?

Op 2 juni 2017 heeft de Hoge Raad bepaald dat het adviesrecht van de ondernemingsraad in beginsel ook van toepassing is in faillissementen. De curator zal daarom de ondernemingsraad in beginsel in de gelegenheid moeten stellen om zich over een voorgenomen doorstart uit te laten.

Turboliquidatie is een snelle manier om een vennootschap te liquideren. De algemene vergadering van aandeelhouders van de vennootschap besluit tot ontbinding van de vennootschap, waardoor de vennootschap ophoudt te bestaan. De ontbinding dient vervolgens te worden ingeschreven in het Handelsregister van de Kamer van Koophandel (artikel 2:19 lid 4 BW).