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Conflict, Creditors, Independence, Lawyers, Liquidators, Litigation, Preferences, ProvLiqs, Receivers, Voidable Transactions 19 April 2024

Court hears KM trio can’t be DCA ProvLiqs

KordaMentha’s Scott Langdon. KordaMentha partner Jennifer Nettleton. The Federal Court has heard that three KordaMentha partners are in breach of the Corporations Act (The Act) because they consented to be appointed as provisional liquidators (ProvLiqs) of companies, the property of which they already controlled as receiver managers. Acting for a group of investor/creditors of DCA Capital Pty Ltd . . . Restricted Content Dear Reader,…

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Administrators, Conduct, Corporates, Costs, Creditors, Directors, Independence, Judgment, Litigation, VA's & DoCA's 15 December 2023

Liquidator invites adverse findings scrutiny

This may be the cautionary tale to top them all. Levi Consulting’s David Levi. A registered liquidator, making submissions in respect of costs, has – unwittingly we presume – required a judge of the NSW Supreme Court to consider making adverse findings against him. The mother of all own goals, scored on the eve of the new year, though we won’t know till after 4:00pm…