U.K. Insolvency Restrictions LiftingHoping for Best, Preparing for Worst? – Bloomberg Law

As the country went into lockdown from March 2020, the government was rightly concerned with ensuring that support measures reached people and businesses in need as quickly as possible. This led to an unprecedented level of funds being made available using new schemes and mechanisms. Moratoriums on enforcement action included protection for directors against liabilities…

National Health Co-op finds new operators after entering voluntary administration – The Canberra Times

More than 30,000 ACT health members left in limbo when their provider entered administration may have been given a reprieve after administrators found new operators courtesy of a court granting them more time. The nation’s peak medical body welcomed the news about the National Health Co-op (NHC), but it said the case should prompt the…

Directors’ duties to prevent insolvent trading in a crisis: Responses to COVID‐19 in Australia and lessons from Germany – Wiley

1 INTRODUCTION: DIRECTORS’ DUTIES IN A CRISIS Relief from directors’ duties to avoid trading whilst insolvent has been a common global response to the economic crisis precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic.1 These duties are configured in legislation in different ways, depending on the jurisdiction, including as a prohibition on insolvent, wrongful or fraudulent trading, or…

User guide on Corporate Insolvency and Restructuring Act launched – Graphic Online – Graphic Online

Mrs Jemima Oware (middle), Registrar General, making some remarks as Mr Felix Addo (left), President, Ghana Association of Restructuring & Insolvency Advisors, and Mr Hamidu Solo (right), Project Lead, International Finance Corporation, look on. Picture: NII MARTEY M. BOTCHWAY The Registrar Generals Department (RGD), in collaboration with its partners, has launched a soft copy of…

John Elliott remembered as ‘a bit of a larrikin’ and ‘larger-than-life’ after his death – ABC News

John Elliott has been described as”larger-than-life” and “a very special person” as public figures pay tribute to the former president of the federal Liberal Party and the Carlton Football Club after his death. Mr Elliottdied in hospital aged 79 after a short illness following a fall. The businessman was president of the federal Liberal Party…

The seedy rise and fall of John Elliott’s tottering empire – Crikey

The inevitable eulogies are flowing thick and fast for former corporate titan John Elliott, with Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and newly returned Victorian Liberal leader Matthew Guy taking pole position. But most testimonials have conveniently ignored Elliotts criminal past, instead focusing on his larger than life personality, leadership of the Carlton Football Club and brief time…