A NEWCASTLE builder accused of leaving five Hunter families out of pocket and with unfinished or ‘defect-riddled’ homes has been declared bankrupt. Ben Geary, of BJG Builders, filed for bankruptcy just days after Charlestown MP Jodie Harrison launched a scathing attack on him using parliamentary privilege in November. Ms Harrison said Mr Geary, of Lake…
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 (IBC), in a span of four years, has turned out to be the proverbial giant in the annals of Indian corporate law. The legislation catapulted India from a lowly 142 in 2014 to 63 in 2019 in World Banks Doing Business rankings. Though not a recovery mechanism, IBC resulted in…
A former registered liquidator from Lewisham, New South Wales, Ms Amanda Young, has pleaded guilty to one count of fraud relating to the liquidation of St Gregorys Armenian School Inc (St Gregorys) and one count of dishonestly using her position as liquidator of Mamak Pty Ltd (Mamak). ASIC alleged that between 10 December 2017 and…
Thursday, January 21, 2021 Greetings, Court fans! With the imminent inauguration of a new President and the mob attack on Congress dominating the news in recent weeks, the third branch continued humming along in the background. Late last week, the Court issued its sixth signed opinion of the term, in a low-profile bankruptcy case. The…