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Early guidance on safe harbour: zombie companies need not apply

November 20, 2020by Jason Harris 1 Comment

The safe harbour against insolvent trading liability for directors has been in place since 19 September 2017.1 It was introduced to provide directors with an incentive to try to save their […]

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Law reform, Restructuring, SME

Talking Insolvency

November 4, 2020by Jason Harris 1 Comment

With all of the law reform initiatives announced recently I’ve been giving a few seminars and webinars on different aspects of insolvency law. While I enjoy doing this (if you’d […]

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Audio, Law reform, Restructuring, SME

SME insolvency reform video

October 28, 2020by Jason Harris 2 Comments

Here is a video of my presentation on SME insolvency reform from a seminar that I gave at the Sydney office of Hunt & Hunt on 21 October 2020. I’d […]

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Law reform, Restructuring, SME

Submission to Treasury Consultation on SME Restructuring

October 13, 2020by Jason Harris 3 Comments

Here is a copy of my submission in response to the Treasury ‘Insolvency Reforms to support small business’ that I submitted yesterday.

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Law reform, Restructuring, SME

A new system for SME restructuring: is there a business doctor in the house?

October 9, 2020by Jason Harris 5 Comments

The details of the Federal Government’s proposed new restructuring regime for small businesses were announced this week with the release of the draft Corporations Amendment (Corporate Insolvency Reforms) Bill 2020 […]

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Law reform, Restructuring

Fightback! SMEs get a new restructuring tool

September 28, 2020by Jason Harris 1 Comment

The federal Treasurer has announced a new restructuring regime for struggling small to medium enterprises (SMEs)[1] which adopts a ‘debtor-in-possession’ model for companies owing less than $1 million.

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Law reform, Restructuring

Zoom webinars on insolvency

August 10, 2020by Jason Harris 2 Comments

Here are some links to recordings of insolvency-related webinars that I’ve been running recently for the Ross Parsons Centre at Sydney Law School. You can find a range of podcasts […]

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Audio, Foreign insolvency, Law reform, Restructuring

Insolvency Law is Failing SMEs

August 10, 2020by Jason Harris 5 Comments

Michael Murray and I recently wrote a short note for the Sydney Law School website (see here) that commented on the recent report by the ASMFEO on SMEs and insolvency […]

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Law reform, Restructuring

Spanish insolvency law

September 24, 2019by Jason Harris Leave a comment

Here is a recording of the free webinar on September 30th 2019 that I ran for the Ross Parsons Centre at Sydney Law School. The webinar featured Dr Zofia Bednarz, […]

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Cross border insolvency, Foreign insolvency, Law reform, Restructuring

ILRA: CVL commencement changes

September 5, 2017by Jason Harris 5 Comments

The Insolvency Law Reform Act 2016 (Cth) (ILRA) makes significant changes to how creditors’ voluntary liquidations are commenced from 1.9.17. This post will outline the changes to the commencement of […]

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Law reform, Liquidation

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