White papers

This is the only whitepaper in Australia that summarises the essential requirements of pre-pack insolvency arrangements for small-to-medium sized enterprises (SMEs). In light of the recent law reform to promote innovation and business rescue, this area of law has enjoyed renewed growth and is required reading for directors and their professional advisors of insolvent SMEs in Australia.

This is the only whitepaper in Australia that summarises the essential requirements of pre-pack insolvency arrangements for small-to-medium sized enterprises (SMEs). In light of the recent law reform to promote innovation and business rescue, this area of law has enjoyed renewed growth and is required reading for directors and their professional advisors of insolvent SMEs in Australia.

This is the only whitepaper in Australia that summarises the essential requirements of pre-pack insolvency arrangements for small-to-medium sized enterprises (SMEs). In light of the recent law reform to promote innovation and business rescue, this area of law has enjoyed renewed growth and is required reading for directors and their professional advisors of insolvent SMEs in Australia.

The Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) commenced on 30 January 2012 and with it revolutionised the validity, enforceability and priority of security interests in personal property. This whitepaper outlines the function of the Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR), of which acts as a single “noticeboard” to the public of registered security interests in personal property.

In the age of the development and reliance on information technology (IT), the legal profession is undergoing a significant makeover in terms of the type and delivery of legal services. This whitepaper offers a perspective on the ways that lawyers attribute value to their work, the effect of IT on the legal profession and invites the reader to consider innovative ways of pricing legal services.

In a profession that favours the use of hourly billing, one of the challenges that faces entrepreneurs or a small-to-medium enterprise (SME) is the management of the legal spend of commercial litigation. This whitepaper offers insights to the best ways to reduce the legal costs of commercial litigation in the absence of a fixed fee retainer.