Hire Companies still being PPSA hit

In early 2014, significant lobbying by the Hire Industry regarding hires for an ‘indefinite’ term (ie a hire contract with Continue reading →

Amendments to PPS Leases

Katherine Payne, Snr Counsel at Hall & Wilcox in Melbourne, has authored this neat little article on the recent changes Continue reading →

Deeds vs Agreements

I recently came across this great article written by Stuart MacGregor of Clayton Utz regarding the differences between Deeds and Continue reading →

Vesting loophole in a solvent insolvency?

I was talking to a group of lawyers the other day and one posed an interesting quirk of the PPSA Continue reading →

Voting trap for ROT creditors

I know that not all of my followers on this site a members of the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Australia Continue reading →

ATO has its focus….

I note that I have previously blogged about the action to be taken by the ATO against directors of companies Continue reading →

Seizure is not possession in PPSA

A lawyer contact of mine recently sent me a summary of a PPSA New Zealand case (McCloy v Manukau Institute Continue reading →

FEG not for all employees

Fair Entitlements Guarantee (‘FEG’) applies to all claims where the insolvency event (liquidation or bankruptcy) occurs on or after 5 Continue reading →