How Do You Work Out if a Liquidator Is Funded?
If you receive a letter from a liquidator demanding tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars as part of a liquidation process, what do you do next?
What is an Unreasonable Director-Related Transaction?
In this article we explain when a transaction might be voidable under that section, how these transactions differ from another type of voidable transaction, uncommercial transactions, and how liquidators pursue claims under this section.
What is an Uncommercial Transaction?
Liquidators have a set of powers under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (the Act) known as ‘voidable transactions’ (sometimes also known as ‘avoidance provisions’), which allow the liquidator to ‘claw back’ certain transactions in the case of an insolvent winding-up.
Business Survival Series: You’re too limited by bounded rationality so get an independent assessment
When your business is facing a sustained period of financial trouble it is difficult to know what move to make next.
Business Survival Series: Is the problem an inside problem or an outside problem?
Running a business can be tough and no matter how prepared you are, there will always be hurdles along the path. As such, recognising the type of problem that you’re dealing with is vital in determining what strategy should be implemented to respond to a financial crisis. A helpful starting point is to consider whether the problem is an inside problem or an outside problem.
What is the Running Account Defence to an Unfair Preference Claim?
In insolvency, a liquidator sometimes seeks to recover money from a creditor on the grounds that the creditor has received an ‘unfair preference’ in a payment from the debtor company. Here we explain how the ‘running account’ principle can be used by a creditor to push back against a liquidator’s claim of unfair preference.
How Can Liquidators Obtain a Warrant to Seize Company Property?
In this article, we look at the power of liquidators to obtain a warrant for the search and seizure of company books and property.
Business Survival Series: Parts of a Business to Save
When your business is in trouble you often feel as though the end is inevitable. But even in the toughest of situations, there is often still options available.
What is the Status of a Trust when a Corporate Trustee goes into Liquidation?
What happens when a corporate trustee of a trading trust goes into liquidation? Here we look at the current state of the law and the uncertainty around the power of liquidators in this situation.
Business Survival Series: Pareto Principle
Is your business struggling? Are you losing significant market share or are your margins too small? What next?
A Complete Guide to the Small Business Restructuring Process
Simplified debt restructuring is a new process available as of 1 January 2021 to support financially distressed small businesses. In simplified debt restructuring, an independent professional known as a ‘small business restructuring practitioner’ is appointed to a distressed debtor company to assist with restructuring the company’s debt via development of a ‘restructuring plan’.
What are Unfair Preference Claims by a Company Liquidator?
In this article, we look at the definition of ‘unfair preference’ claims — a mechanism used by liquidators to claw back some prior payments to creditors. We also look at the available defences for an unfair preference claim, and how the new ‘simplified liquidation’ procedure for small businesses deals with unfair preference claims.