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Accountants, Conduct, Liquidations, Liquidators 19 February 2020

Brown Baldwin gig attracts Reviewing Liquidator

IRT Advisory’s Andrew Poulter. Reviewing Liquidator Will Colwell KPMG’s Will Colwell has begun to comb through the administration of a Victorian company connected to controversial Victorian accountant Chris Baldwin after being appointed reviewing liquidator of PBDB Services Pty Ltd. Colwell, one of 15 members of ASIC’s Reviewing Liquidators’ panel, commenced scrutiny of the PBDB Services liquidation last month after being approached by ASIC in October…

Corporates, Liquidations, Liquidators, Social/Professional 14 February 2020

UPDATE! Insolvency Rankings – 1st half 2019/2020

Ralan Group boost: Grant Thornton’s Said Jahani. FTI Consulting’s Joanne Dunn. iNO had a stumble on Wednesday with some incomplete insolvency statistics but regrouped and today brings you the definitive breakdown for 1st half 2019/2020. Generously provided by Tony Sivaa of Sivaa Consulting, working with BTLawyers, the picture painted is familiar. Worrells is yet again front runner nationally with more than 450 appointments, including 314…

Liquidators, Social/Professional 14 February 2020

Even critics need liquidators

Hamilton Murphy’s Richard Rohrt. Menzies Advisory’s Michael Caspaney. One of the insolvency profession’s fiercest critics has seen fit to avail himself of the services of – you guessed it – a liquidator. Queensland-based John Goddard owns and operates Subbies United, a website whose raison d’être is to provide information and intelligence about builders and developers who may be nearing insolvency. Subbies United’s online resources are…

Fees, Judgment, Liquidations, Liquidators, Receivership, Social/Professional 12 February 2020

SV appointee’s lower fees repel William Buck pair

SV Partners’ Shumit Banerjee There’s nothing like a free plug from a judge and in this instance SV Partners is the beneficiary thanks to the Federal Court’s Jayne Jagot in Frisken, in the matter of Avant Garde Investments Pty Ltd v Cheema [2020] FCA 98. Justice Jagot was ruling on an application by Avant Garde Investments‘ receiver Daniel Frisken, who wanted the company wound up…

Judgment, Liquidators, Receivership, VA's & DoCA's 7 February 2020

Jirsch partner quits Steller VA after vote controversy

Jirsch Sutherland’s Malcolm Howell. Jirsch Sutherland’s Malcolm Howell must be rueing the relaxed attitude that permeates Australia’s holiday season interlude, given if it were not for an overlooked envelope he might still be administrator of ACN 168 479 614 Pty Ltd, formerly known as Steller Developments Pty Ltd. As it is, the Melbourne-based partner has consented to orders made in the NSW Supreme Court last…

Corporates, Deals & Departures, Social/Professional 7 February 2020

Olde boosts Ankura presence with FTI hires

From FTI to Ankura – Preeti Inchody From FTI to Ankura – Liam Healey Given Ankura’s global boss Kev Lavin was once part of FTI Consulting it comes as no surprise to see Quentin Olde, the man responsible for establishing Ankura’s presence down under and himself a relatively recent departee from FTI, turning to FTI’s ranks to build a team. Olde was on Linked In…

AAT, Discipline, Liquidators 5 February 2020

Deregistered liquidator takes fight to AAT

Trajan John Kukulovski. Chan & Naylor partner Trajan John Kukulovski is not going to be stripped of his license to liquidate without a fight. After a committee convened under S 40-45 of the Insolvency Practice Schedule (Corporations) ruled late last year that Kukulovski’s registration should be cancelled he immediately sought to have the Committee’s decisions reviewed in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT). iNO says “decisions”…

Fees, FEG, Liquidators, Litigation 5 February 2020

“possible irregularities”: dVT duo fights FEG over fees

dVT Group’s David Solomons. dVT’s Riad Tayeh dVT duo Riad Tayeh and David Solomon are in for an intriguing tussle in 2020, with millions of dollars in fees the pair generated as liquidators of the 1st Fleet Group potentially at stake. Back in October last year the dVT pair commenced action in the Federal Court, seeking declarations that the appointment of various people to the…

Advertorial, Regulation/Legislation, Social/Professional 5 February 2020

Do you bit for insolvency law reform!

Registered trustees, debt agreement administrators & other insolvency practitioners – can you help with research on personal insolvency law? A Melbourne Law School PhD study is researching the options available for people who are over-indebted, including bankruptcy and debt agreements. Nicola Howell’s study is focusing on the impacts of the different options on debtors, including the extent to which debtors improve their financial situation and…