An empirical study of voluntary administration
This year I finished my PhD (after 10 years of study!) which looked at whether voluntary administration provides an optimal regime for corporate rescue in Australia. I undertook empirical analysis […]
A new inquiry into corporate insolvency
The Joint Parliamentary Committee on Corporations and Financial Services has today announced a new inquiry into corporate insolvency law. Submissions are due by the end of November 2022. The terms […]
New edition of Keay’s Insolvency
We are pleased to have published the 11th edition of our textbook, Keay’s Insolvency – Personal and Corporate Law and Practice, some four years after the 10th edition in 2018. This edition […]
Presentation: Rebuilding Insolvency Law
Here is a draft paper and slides for a presentation Michael Murray and I made to the Society of Corporate Law Academics (SCOLA) on 4 July 2022 at the University […]
INSOL Talks Podcast
I was interviewed recently for the INSOL Talks podcast hosted by Dr Beth Stretton from QUT. We talked about how I got into insolvency law as an academic, my PhD […]
My appearance on Creditors’ Bargain Podcast
I was delighted to appear on the Creditors’ Bargain Podcast, hosted by Akshaya Kamalnath from ANU. We talked about my PhD studies on voluntary administration, as well as small business […]
Rethinking Insolvency Law
Michael Murray and I recently presented at a roundtable discussion for the Australian Academy of Law and the Ross Parsons Centre for Commercial, Corporate and Taxation Law at Sydney Law […]
Insolvency practitioner charge out rates-the cost of carrying the State
In making a winding up order against Forum Finance, Justice Michael Lee made this comment about the hourly fees of the proposed liquidators: “[24] … The prevailing rate for partners of […]
Comparing the start of Parts 5.3A and 5.3B
I recently searched ASIC’s insolvency notices website for notices of appointment for the new small business restructuring procedure in Part 5.3B of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). This revealed 8 […]
Talking Insolvency podcast: episode 3
Here is the 3rd episode of the Talking Insolvency podcast, where we discuss priority creditors in insolvency with Professor Christopher Symes. We discuss the priority given to employee entitlements and […]
Australian Insolvency Law 