Chifley Advisory’s Gavin Moss Further details of the bid to remove Gavin Moss as liquidator of Fogo Brazilia Franchise Holdings Pty Ltd (FBFH) emerged this week when a court ruled on an application to have a subpoena seeking details of communications between Moss, his funder and his funder’s lawyer set aside. The subpoena was issued to Stewart Levitt of Levitt Robinson Solicitors on February 24,…
Integra Restructuring & Insolvency principal Adam Preiner. An application to adjourn the hearing of a winding up application whilst the applicant is subject to the Part 5.3B small business restructuring regime illuminates some of the potential risks facing registered liquidators who accept appointments as a Small Business Restructuring Practitioner (SBRP). In this case the liquidator is Sydney-based Adam Preiner of Integra Restructuring & Insolvency (INTRI)…
dVT’s Riad Tayeh dVT Groups Antony De Vries dVT Group founders Riad Tayeh and Antony De Vries have instructed their lawyers to appeal a judgment that could see them facing bankruptcy proceedings in respect of investor loans issued by failed agri-scheme operator Timbercorp. Solicitor Marc Ryckmans of Somerset Ryckmans today confirmed that his clients had instructed him file an appeal to the judgment of Victorian…
Macks Advisory’s Peter Macks. AFSA deputy ceo Gavin McCosker Adelaide resident and insolvency practitioner Peter Macks would no doubt have anticipated this week’s announcement by the Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA) advising that it had sent him to the naughty corner. It was less than a fortnight ago that a judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia suspended Macks’ registration as a liquidator for…
dVT Group founder Anton De Vries dVT’s Riad Tayeh A recent judgment of the Supreme Court of Victoria might see amiable dVT Group partner Riad Tayeh forced to take decisive action, which could ultimately include declaring bankruptcy. The reasons for such a potential and at this stage hypothetical course lie in the findings of Victorian Supreme Court Judge Peter Riordan, who on February 5 ruled…
Macks Advisory’s Peter Macks. A judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia has ordered that the registration of liquidator Peter Ivan Macks be suspended for three years after finding that he had fabricated documents in a failed bid to divert scrutiny of his conduct by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The finding of dishonesty by Justice Sam Doyle handed down last Friday…
Jones Partners’ Bruce Gleeson. Highly regarded Jones Partners’ principal Bruce Gleeson has dodged a bullet after NSW Supreme Court judge Ashley Black this week chose not to initiate an inquiry into his conduct as liquidator of Military History Tours Australia Pty Ltd (MHT), a company which offered travel to sites like Gallipoli until relations with Swiss-based cruise ship operator MSC Cruises SA soured in 2014….
Jones Partners’ Alan Topp. Jones Partners’ Bruce Gleeson. We wouldn’t want iNO readers to think this is the Jones Partners edition. It’s just a coincidence. Anyways, Jones Partners’ Alan Topp and Bruce Gleeson have had some luck after mistakenly paying themselves unapproved remuneration with a judge agreeing to retrospectively approve the unauthorised fees. The details in respect of this uncommon demonstration of leniency are contained…
Jirsch Sutherland’s new recruit, Paul Pattison. Jirsch Sutherland may have lost a veteran partner with the departure next March of Sule Arnautovic but it’s recently gained a national business development manager, and if the firm wanted someone who can relate to business owners going through the wringer then who better than ex-liquidator and ex-trustee in bankruptcy Paul Pattison? About a decade ago, Victoria-based Pattison went…
CJG Advisory’s Mathew Gollant. Melbourne-based IP Mathew Gollant must possess a fair appetite for excitement given his acceptance of an appointment as liquidator by creditors voluntary liquidation (CVL) of ACN 081 014 208 Pty Ltd, which until September 30, 2020 went by the name Millennium Electronics Pty Ltd (Millennium). iNO’s arrived at this conclusion after reading the judgment of South Australian Supreme Court judge Mark…