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Fees, Judgment, Liquidations 17 May 2019

Vic Liqs cop $25k pay cut after successor objects

Hamilton Murphy principal Richard Rohrt. Pitcher Partners’ David Vasudevan. The spectre of proportionality has made an appearance in the deliberations of the Victorian Supreme Court, resulting in Pitcher Partners’ Andrew Yeo and David Vasudevan copping a pay cut of more than $25,000. In Re Nissand Pty Ltd (in liq) [2019] VSC 280 (10 May 2019) Judicial Registrar Patricia Matthews found that while more than $131,000…

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ATO, Fees, Judgment, Liquidations, Liquidators, Litigation Funding 10 April 2019

Jirsch partner overcomes ATO objections

Jirsch Sutherland Melbourne partner Glenn Crisp has had a win of sorts over the Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (DCoT) in regards to his tenure, his fees and a proposed litigation funding agreement. In the matter of Imagebuild Group Pty Ltd [2019] VSC 213 (5 April 2019) we get a detailed breakdown of why the DCoT regarded Crisp’s claims for remuneration as excessive and how Crisp…