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Assigning the right to sue - the new provisions'

External administrators of companies can now assign any right to sue that is conferred on them by the Corporations Act, for example voidable transaction claims and insolvent trading claims. Previously these were considered rights that could only be utilised by the appointed liquidator and so could not be assigned. Now they can.

When did this start?

  • This has already begun. It commenced on 1 March 2017.

What legislation brought this about?

Australia, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Piper Alderman, Corporations Act 2001 (Australia)
Sakr punched

Yesterday, in a unanimous 5-0 decision, the New South Wales Court of Appeal knocked out Justice Brereton’s remuneration decision in Sakr Nominees Pty Ltd [2016] NSWSC 709, the sixth in a series of controversial decisions on insolvency practitioner remuneration.

Australia, New South Wales, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Piper Alderman, New South Wales Supreme Court , New South Wales Court of Appeal
Certain Companies that May be Subject to FDIC Orderly Liquidation Authority under Dodd-Frank are Now Subject to Qualified Financial Contract Recordkeeping Requirements

Companies that the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) believes may be subject to FDIC receivership under the Orderly Liquidation Authority contained in Title II of the Dodd-Frank Act, and certain of their affiliates, are now subject to recordkeeping requirements related to their “qualified financial contracts”1 (QFCs).

USA, Banking, Capital Markets, Insolvency & Restructuring, Dechert LLP, Depository institution, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (USA), Financial Stability Oversight Council, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 2010 (USA)
Court of Appeal to rule on Brereton remuneration decisions

Last Friday, Justice Brereton finally published his reasons in Sakr Nominees Pty Ltd [2016] NSWSC 709, the latest in a series of controversial decisions on insolvency practitioner remuneration. 

In Sakr, consistently with his Honour’s previous remuneration decisions:

Australia, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Piper Alderman, Liquidator (law)