The New South Wales Court of Appeal granted leave to appeal following a finding that certain documents relating to attempts to secure litigation funding were not privileged.
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The Board constituted under the chairmanship of Mr MS Sahoo has recently rejected an application for registration as an insolvency professional (IP) under regulation 7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Professionals) Regulations, 2016 (IP Regulations) through its first regulatory order.
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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.
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A recent Western Australian Supreme Court case considered the insolvency of a partnership comprised of corporate members. When a partnership is formally dissolved, the partnership assets are realised by a court-appointed receiver, who will realise and distribute the assets in accordance with the relevant State partnership legislation. Senior Associate, Stefano Calabretta and Lawyer, Brendan May discussion this scenario further.
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Termite Resources NL (Termite) had operated the Cairn Hill Mine in South Australia from 2010. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Outback Iron Pty Ltd (Outback), Termite operated the mine as an incorporated joint venture between IMX Resources (IMX) and Taifeng Yuanchuang International Development Co Ltd (Taifeng).
In Cato Brand Partners Pty Ltd v Air India Ltd the Supreme Court was required to consider whether or not a foreign company had grounds to challenge an application for a winding up order in circumstances where it had not sought to set aside a statutory demand within the required 21 day period.