ChatGPT’s take on debt restructuring
With the semester coming up next month I’ve been playing with ChatGPT to test out potential essay and exam topics to see what it comes up with. I’ve found its […]
The PJC hearing 13 December 2022
Michael Murray and I appeared before the PJC yesterday to discuss our submission to their inquiry into Corporate Insolvency Law. You can find a recording of our evidence here (starting […]
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 […]
Australian Insolvency Law 