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Australia: Big trouble in small business restructuring

In brief

Australia, Capital Markets, Insolvency & Restructuring, Baker McKenzie
Australia: New Small Business Insolvency Reforms - How Statutory Demands will change from 1 January 2021

 

In brief

The new small business insolvency reforms enacted by the Corporations Amendment (Corporate Insolvency Reforms) Act 2020 (Cth) (Corporations Amendment Act) - which inserts a new Part 5.3B into the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Corporations Act) - are due to come into effect on 1 January 2021.

Australia, Capital Markets, Insolvency & Restructuring, Baker McKenzie, Coronavirus
Data protection in corporate insolvency: who is responsible?

Insolvent companies often hold a large volume of personal data, such as customer lists or user data. Who is responsible for this information? Recently, the Irish High Court decided a case concerning the transfer of patient records from a private hospital in liquidation.

Ireland, Insolvency & Restructuring, IT & Data Protection, Litigation, Mason Hayes & Curran LLP, Information privacy, Personally identifiable information