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DIRRIs, Referrers, VA's & DoCA's 25 March 2020

Abuse of process challenge to VAs’ appointment

Cor Cordis partner Alan Walker. When voluntary administrators are appointed almost six weeks after winding up proceedings are commenced, you can guarantee that those seeking a liquidation will consider attacking the appointment as an abuse of process. Such is the situation Cor Cordis couple Alan Walker and Andre Lakomy have found themselves in after accepting an appointment as VAs of CGA (Aust) Pty Ltd on…

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ASIC, Conflict, DIRRIs, VA's & DoCA's 14 June 2019

ASIC goes whole hog, forcing Ferriers out of GD Pork

Ferrier Hodgson’s Martin Jones. Ferrier Hodgson’s Andrew Smith. It’s not often INO uncovers a story about insolvency practitioners that involves unauthorised boar semen from foreign parts but the recent hand over by Ferrier Hodgson of the GD Pork Pty Ltd administration to FTI Consulting provides such an opportunity. Not that the yarn is about unauthorised boar semen illegally imported. It’s about Ferriers’ partners Martin Jones…