Articles by Nicholas Samios

Amanda Young conceals her face as she leaves court. A harrowing portrait of a problem-plagued life made worse by alleged workplace bullying and harassment unfolded yesterday as ex-liquidator Amanda Young testified ahead of her sentencing on charges of stealing tens of thousands of dollars while employed as a salaried partner at the Sydney office of insolvency firm Jirsch Sutherland. Young, who in February pleaded guilty…

The latest judgment trundled out of the courts in response to the lengthy trench warfare between bankruptcy trustee Max Prentice and Coshott family company Fewin Pty Ltd has found that a bankruptcy notice served on the BPS Recovery partner was an abuse of process. In handing down his judgment last week Justice Robert Bromwich of the Federal Court found that Fewin served the notice – relating…