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Insolvency law and bankruptcy law articles, thought leadership, podcasts, videos and webinars from expert sources across the legal world. Explore insights covering topics surrounding financial restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy.

Mistakes directors make that lead to insolvency and how to avoid them

Outlines the foundational knowledge every director should have before starting a business, with practical insights drawn from real-world insolvency cases.

Australia Insolvency

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Worrells

What professionals need to know about superannuation and insolvency

Explores the key intersections between superannuation & bankruptcy, offering practical insights for professionals & their clients.

Australia Insolvency

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Worrells

Creditor-initiated insolvent trading claims

Under s588M(3), creditors can sue directors directly provided the company is in liquidation and the liquidator consents.

Australia Insolvency

W

Worrells

Opinion: thorough investigations and real consequences are essential in gambling-related bankruptcies

Bankruptcy trustees must report misconduct like gambling under s271 Bankruptcy Act to ensure accountability & protect the integrity of the insolvency system.

Australia Insolvency

W

Worrells

Court of Appeal clarifies test to be applied for a s 444GA share transfer

Australia Insolvency

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Introducing Cathro Clarity: Unlocking Australia's Insolvency Data

Australia Insolvency

CP

Cathro & Partners

Reliance on supporting creditor to satisfy presumed insolvency

Australia Insolvency

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Voidable transactions: What liquidators are looking for

Australia Insolvency

W

Worrells

Part X Agreements: The SBR for individuals

Australia Insolvency

W

Worrells

Stepping down to stay compliant

Australia Commercial

W

Worrells

How to use a statutory demand to wind up a company

Australia Insolvency

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Stonegate Legal

Cryptocurrency in bankruptcy: Identification and realisation by trustees

Australia Insolvency

W

Worrells

Navigating Governance During Financial Distress

Australia Commercial

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A&O Shearman

Navigating voluntary administration: Key considerations for landlords of insolvent tenants

Australia Insolvency

HR

Holding Redlich

Australia's Workplace Thresholds And Limits For The New Financial Year

Australia Employment

IL

Ius Laboris

APAC Monthly Private Wealth Legal Developments – July 2025

Worldwide Finance

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Inside IR Podcast Series - Episode 29 Gender-based Undervaluation And Its Impact On Modern Award Rates Of Pay (Video)

Australia Employment

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

New English Language Requirements For Australian Visas

Australia Immigration

RM

Roam Migration Law

New road rules and driving offences come into effect across Australia

Australia Transport

SC

Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Federal Court terminates wind up of company in liquidation

Liquidation does not necessarily mark the end of a company's life.

Australia Insolvency

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Your Guide to Australian Bankruptcy in 2025

Bankruptcy is a legal process that helps you regain financial control by releasing you from most of your debts.

Australia Insolvency

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BRI Ferrier

Insolvency Insights: Related Party Loans And Unreasonable Director-related Transactions

For insolvency practitioners it also provides insight into how the assignment of claims might effectively be used to mitigate litigation risks.

Australia Insolvency

CG

Cooper Grace Ward

Ransomware And Data Extortion Attacks In Insolvency Scenarios

Ransomware and data extortion attacks are unfortunately becoming increasingly common (see for example, high profile attacks on Canva, Latitude Financial and recently the Legal Practice Board of Western Australia).

Australia Insolvency

FC

FTI Consulting

Liquidators' right to refuse a direction by creditors confirmed

Australia Insolvency

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Partnership Disputes and Court-appointed Receivers

Australia Insolvency

W

Worrells

Pooling orders possible in group liquidation, but under what provision?

Australia Insolvency

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

EOFY Insights: Looking Back at 2024–25 and Planning Ahead for 2025–26

Australia Insolvency

W

Worrells

Staying a winding up to allow for a restructure

Australia Insolvency

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Subrogation of Debts and Australian Insolvency Law: A Technical Summary

Australia Insolvency

W

Worrells

Understanding Creditors Voluntary Liquidation process

Australia Insolvency

W

Worrells

Jet Midwest and Rex Airlines land in court to clarify proprietary rights during administration

Australia Insolvency

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Education Law Notes – Term 2, 2025

Australia Healthcare

CO

Carroll & O'Dea

Providing urgent funding to a company in external administration: do you lose your seat at the COI table?

Australia Insolvency

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Understanding Creditors Voluntary Liquidation process

CVL is a process where a company's directors and shareholders voluntarily wind up the company because it is unable to pay its debts (i.e., the company is insolvent).

Australia Insolvency

W

Worrells

Jet Midwest and Rex Airlines land in court to clarify proprietary rights during administration

Discusses the extent to which an owner of property can pursue its proprietary rights whilst the company is in administration.

Australia Insolvency

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Education Law Notes – Term 2, 2025

Welcome to our Term 2 issue of Education Law Notes!

Australia Healthcare

CO

Carroll & O'Dea

Providing urgent funding to a company in external administration: do you lose your seat at the COI table?

There may be circumstances where voluntary administrators must obtain urgent funding to preserve a company as a going concern.

Australia Insolvency

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Corporate Insolvency Reform – The impact of the 2025 Federal election

Australia Insolvency

HW

Holman Webb Lawyers

Dispelling the myth of bankruptcy: insights from an experienced insolvency lawyer

Links to podcasts discussing bankruptcy, dispelling the myths, role of creditors etc.

Australia Insolvency

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PCL Lawyers

Federal Court grants one-year ‘shelf order' to allow another company's liquidator to investigate

FC granted extension of time to bring voidable transaction claims under section 588FF(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).

Australia Insolvency

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Small Business Restructure, a Voluntary Administration for small business? Same, same but different.

There are formal insolvency options to do this, a Small Business Restructure ("SBR") or Voluntary Administration ("VA").

Australia Insolvency

W

Worrells

Examinations by the Official Receiver - A more cost effective option

A public examination is one of the most powerful investigatory tools available to an insolvency practitioner.

Australia Insolvency

W

Worrells

HECS - HELP Debt in Bankruptcy: What You Need to Know

Australia Insolvency

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Worrells

Supreme Court appoints special purpose liquidator to replace incumbent liquidator

Australia Insolvency

HR

Holding Redlich

New Jersey Bankruptcy Court Ruling Highlights The Utility Of Chapter 15 In Enforcing Foreign Bankruptcy Court Orders In The United States As A Matter Of Comity

Worldwide Insolvency

JD

Jones Day

Courts won't avoid provisional appointments where a company is solvent

Australia Insolvency

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Personal insolvencies are on the rise

Australia Insolvency

W

Worrells

Defective securities in a trade-on voluntary administration

Australia Insolvency

W

Worrells

Administrators must exercise diligence before accepting an appointment under section 436C of Corporations Act

Australia Insolvency

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Understanding section 588FP of the Australian Corporations Act 2001: Security interests in favour of company officers

Australia Insolvency

CP

Cathro & Partners

Insights into invalid insolvency appointments and appointees remuneration

Australia Insolvency

CP

Cathro & Partners

My client's Director Penalty Notice is expiring today, what can they do?

Australia Insolvency

W

Worrells

A guide to priority payments in a liquidation

Australia Insolvency

W

Worrells

Discussion paper released on corporate misuse of the Fair Entitlements Guarantee

Australia Insolvency

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Restructuring & Insolvency Comparative Guide

Australia Insolvency

FC

FTI Consulting

Clash (and Makeup) of the Titans: Family law v insolvency – When worlds collide

Australia Family

BP

Bennett & Philp Lawyers

Navigating bankruptcy: Insights from Claudio Venegas

Australia Insolvency

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PCL Lawyers

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Guide to Liquidation

MG

Mackay Goodwin

Insights into the Australian credit industry

CP

Cathro & Partners

Insights into the Collections Team of the Australian Taxation Office

CP

Cathro & Partners

[Podcast] Insights into the Fair Entitlements Guarantee (FEG) with Stephen Humphreys

CP

Cathro & Partners

Episode 1: Called to Account - Insolvency through the lens of an unfolding crisis

BF

BRI Ferrier

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