The corporate cop has secured a much needed win after two pre-insolvency advisers pleaded guilty to money laundering. In a statement yesterday ASIC said that Stephen O’Neill of Port Melbourne, Victoria and John Narramore, of Main Beach Queensland had both pleaded guilty in the Brisbane District Court to one charge of dealing in the proceeds of crime. The hapless client who engaged them – Cap…
Hall Chadwick’s Richard Albarran. Hall Chadwick’s Brent Kijurina An accounting practice principal has insisted that his firm has no referral relationship with Hall Chadwick despite referring multiple appointments to Hall Chadwick’s Sydney practice and engaging the wife of a Hall Chadwick staffer as a bookkeeper. During public examinations in the Federal Court last month Hafez Alameddine, principal of Macquarie Accountants, answered “Privilege. No” when asked…
Deloitte’s Neil Cussen. Ex-Deloitte Canberra partner Eddie Senatore. Those familiar with the decision of the Federal Court in Fair Work Ombudsman v Foot & Thai Massage Pty Ltd (in liquidation) [2019] FCA 1601 will know that it has some interesting implications for insolvency practitioners in terms of what claims are and are not extinguished by a DoCA, as well providing lurid and engaging details in…
AIIP president Stephen Hathway. Helm Advisory’s Phil Hosking. iNO hears that common sense and self-interest have prevailed to deliver a big win for liquidators Stephen Hathway and Phil Hosking, and that means a big win for unsecured creditors of multiple entities associated with the Merhis construction group. While official confirmation is pending, iNO can reveal that the people behind Merhis have agreed to pay around…
Cor Cordis partner Alan Walker. Being replaced as liquidators is no reason to lodge a Form 5603 (End of administration return) with ASIC but that is what Cor Cordis partner Alan Walker apparently did back in January this year after he and colleague Jason Bing-Fai Tang were ousted a month earlier. The unfortunate consequence of this error was that the replacement liquidators – PwC’s Daniel…
Liquidator David Iannuzzi. The Federal Court has ordered ASIC reinstate companies deregistered by David Nicholas Iannuzzi, the Sydney-based liquidator facing a 10 year ban after the Commissioner of Taxation (CoT) applied in 2017 for a judicial inquiry into his conduct. Justice Angus Stewart made the orders on Monday September 2, 2019, further ordering that KPMG’s Gayle Dickerson and Stephen Vaughan be appointed liquidators of the…
KPMG’s Phil Quinlan KPMG’s Morgan Kelly. An application for the issue of a “Letter of Request” to the High Court of New Zealand (NZHC) has been ruled “premature” due to the application being ex-parte, but the liquidators of online broker Halifax Investment Services PtyLtd (Halifax) are almost certain to reapply given the unbridled intermingling of client and company funds across Halifax’s Australian and Kiwi operations….
iNO Opinion FEG Recovery Unit Director Henry Carr. Vannin Asia Pacific head Tom McDonald. It would’ve been either touchingly naive or perilously optimistic to think the $110 million Clive Palmer agreed to pay to Queensland Nickel (QN) special purpose liquidator earlier this month would strip any heat from the ongoing litigation. In iNO’s opinion, the eye watering settlement Steve Parbery extracted might inspire Palmer to…
Hall Chadwick’s Steve Gladman. There’s nothing like the whiff of an appointment precariously clung to to bring out the competition. The aroma of opportunity, mingled with the reek of WIP slipping from a rival’s grasp – it’s catnip to ambitious IPs. In our latest review from the theatre of appointments lost, Hall Chadwick’s Steve Gladman is sniffing the wind and wondering if he’s at risk…
PCI Partner’s John Melluish. PCI Partners’ John Melluish might soon find himself burning the midnight oil, if such an archaism can still be deployed to describe working long hours, after accepting an 11th hour engagement to prepare solvency reports for tennis legend Ken Rosewall. The octogenarian one time grass court maestro is attempting to fend off efforts to recover almost $3.5 million in payments received…