McGrathNicol’s Anthony Connelly. Incoming SPL Daniel Cvitanovic. The sale of the assets of Battery Mineral Resources Limited (BMR) in late 2019 by Anthony Connelly and Jamie Harris looks set to be scrutinised by a special purpose liquidator (SPL) after a court heard that the McGrathNicol duo – who are currently BMR’s incumbent liquidators – aren’t inclined to object. That means that conditional on the court…
HLB Mann Judd partner Todd Gammel. Liquidator Todd Gammel endured a light grilling during virtual cross examination on Monday as lawyers for All Filtration Technologies Australia (ALTA) sought to derail the HLB Mann Judd partner’s application for an extension of time in which to bring proceedings related to the ALTA group’s 2015 restructure. Gammel, along with colleague Barry Taylor were required to bring the extension…
Pitcher Partners’ Andrew Yeo. Pitcher Partners’ Gess Rambaldi. Liquidators contemplating public examinations may benefit from an account of the tortured progress being made by Andrew Yeo and Gess Rambaldi as they try to examine Ms Sherife Roseanna Ymer, the ex-wife of alleged fraud and phoenix mastermind Philip Whitman. It’s almost three years since the Pitcher Partners’ pair obtained summonses requiring Ymer to attend for examination…
Liquidator Gavin Moss outside the NSW Supreme Court this week. Never has iNO regretted scheduling a dental appointment more than when an hour of root canal on Wednesday morning led to us missing the moment liquidator Gavin Moss was alleged to have knowingly misled a court. Stoically endured and lavishly anaesthetised discomfort aside, the making of this allegation before NSW Supreme Court judge Kate Williams…
Chifley Advisory’s Gavin Moss Sydney liquidator Gavin Moss would’ve donned his best asbestos before fronting the NSW Supreme court yesterday, well aware he might be exposed to incendiary cross examination in respect of an application to remove him as liquidator of Fogo Brazilia Franchise Holdings Pty Ltd (FBFH). The ditch-and-replace initiative is being brought by Rebel Sports co-founder Ian Dresner of Fogo Brazilia Holdings Pty Ltd…
Retiring – dVT Group founder Antony De Vries dVT Group’s Antony De Vries is preparing to bow out after a long career as one of western Sydney’s bigger insolvency wheels but any expectation of a tranquil retirement will likely be disappointed in the short term at least. In their capacity as the liquidators of the failed tax scam Timbercorp, KordaMentha partners by Craig Shepard and…
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,…
Hall Chadwick’s Richard Albarran. Richard Albarran and David Ross have had quite a win in the NSW Supreme Court, with a judge ruling $2 million paid to the Commissioner of Taxation (ATO) by Western Port Holdings (WPH) whilst it was subject to a deed of company arrangement (DoCA) should be handed back. But will the decision prevail if an appeal is heard? The court’s ruling,…
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…