Fees

Trustees’ claim for uplift downsized

WCT Advisory partner Andrew Weatherley.WCT Advisory’s Matthew Flowers.The following tale of trustees seeking an uplift after racking up costs selling a rundown property reminds iNO of Paul Keating’s infamous utterance about never nursing a loser because they’ll just die in your arms. Similarly, don’t expend time and money dressing up a dump when there’s limited equity and secured and other creditors also entitled to a…

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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 should be…