Articles by John Melluish

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…

It’s not often that a liquidator writes to a judge requesting that the judge discontinue proceedings in which the liquidator is in control of the plaintiff. It’s probably even rarer for the judge to publish the letter. But it’s happened, courtesy of a judgment from acting Supreme Court Justice Reg Barrett and an unfortunate epistolary impulse indulged by liquidator Andrew Wily. Typically the circumstances giving…