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Left in the dark - Seeking to appoint a voluntary administrator when Board relations crumble

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.

Australia, New South Wales, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Board of directors, Corporations Act 2001 (Australia), New South Wales Supreme Court
Re Run of Re Amerind - Part 2: Circulating Security Interests and Circulating Assets

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.

Australia, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Financial Regulatory Developments 20 June - Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU)

MiFID 2 package published in OJEU: The text of the recast Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID 2) and its related Regulation (MiFIR) were published in OJEU on 12 June and will come into force on the 20th day following that of their publication. Member States have to transpose MiFID 2 by 3 July 2016 and both it and MiFIR will apply from 3 January 2017.

European Union, Banking, Capital Markets, Insolvency & Restructuring, White Collar Crime, Dentons, MiFID