This week’s TGIF looks at In the matter of Gary John Anderson in his capacity as liquidator of G & G Contractors Pty Ltd (In Liquidation) [2021] FCA 1185, the latest of a line of Federal Court decisions confirming the approach to be taken by liquidators of trustee companies that have ceased to be trustees as a result of going into liquidation.
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This week’s TGIF considers a decision of the Supreme Court of New South Wales on whether leave should be granted for proceedings against a court-appointed liquidator personally.
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This week’s TGIF considers a recent decision of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Re Antqip Pty Ltd (in liq) [2021] NSWSC 1122, concerning whether section 588FL of the Corporations Act2001 (Cth) applied to vest a security interest in the company that was granted after the ‘critical time’.
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The Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill (the Bill) has received its first and second readings in the House of Commons and is expected to come into law later this year. But what is this Bill and what does it mean for charities?
The Bill introduces important changes to the insolvency and director disqualification regime in England and Wales and will have implications for incorporated charities including charitable companies and charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs), as well as any trading subsidiaries that your charity may have.
This week’s TGIF considers the recent ruling of the Federal Court of Australia in Tuscan Capital Partners Pty Ltd v Trading Australia Pty Ltd (in liq)[2021] FCA 1061, where a liquidator’s decision to accept a ‘proof of debt’ was successfully challenged due to a lack of evidence that
The Insolvency Service has today (9 September 2021) announced a phased end (commencing on 1 October 2021) to the temporary insolvency measures which remain as a result of the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (CIGA) and the various extensions to the relevant period (announcement).
The headline measures are as follows:
This week’s TGIF examines a decision where the Court ordered a director, who caused a company to bring proceedings challenging a receiver appointment, to be joined to the claim and indemnify the company for its exposure to a costs order.
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This week’s TGIF looks at a recent Federal Court decision which offers guidance on when receivers may be released from claims arising out of their appointment and relieved from filing and serving formal accounts.
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The recent Victorian Supreme Court of Appeal case of Quin v Vlahos [2021] VCSA 205 has clarified when third party funds, such as a sole director’s personal bank account, can be taken into account in determining a company’s solvency.
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This week’s TGIF considers a recent case where the Supreme Court of Queensland rejected a director’s application to access an executory contract of sale entered into by receivers and managers on the basis it was not a ‘financial record’
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