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Accountants, Administrators, Conduct, Creditors, Fees, Lawyers, Liquidations, Liquidators, Litigation 10 April 2024

Liquidator and accountant to face off next month

Kennedy Ryan principal Richard Rohrt. Removing an incumbent liquidator is a high hurdle but Sydney accountant Rose Guerin is having a crack, seemingly compelled by the toxicity of her relationship with Kennedy Ryan’s Richard Rohrt, liquidator of her failed accounting firm, Rose Guerin and Partners Pty Ltd. In the Federal Court yesterday, Guerin’s counsel told judge Roger Derrington that his client would argue that Rohrt…

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Accountants, ASIC, ATO, Directors, Judgment, Liquidators, Preferences, Public Examinations 11 June 2021

Frisken flayed for preferring preferences

O’Brien Palmer’s Daniel Frisken. O’Brien Palmer’s Daniel Frisken might be feeling a little uneasy after NSW Supreme Court judge Kate Williams this week refused his application seeking to claw back $740,000 in preferences paid to the ATO by labour hire company Pacific Steelfixing Pty Ltd (Pacific). This is because In the matter of Pacific Steelfixing Pty Ltd [2021] NSWSC 655 the judge described as not…