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ASIC, Corporates, Costs, Creditors, Fees, Judgment, Lawyers, Liquidations, Liquidators 15 October 2021

BBY duo conclude long adjourned remuneration bid

KPMG partner Stephen Vaughan. KPMG Partner Ian Hall. The interim divvie’s distributed, it’s twin awaits only delivery of a judgment reserved and now an application for remuneration – brought by BBY Limited’s liquidators Stephen Vaughan and Ian Hall in 2017 and adjourned in 2018 – has at last come to pass. “The total value . . . Restricted Content Dear Reader, this story is available…

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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…