The insolvency professional appointed for Bhushan Steel has deferred the decision to open the financial bid placed by JSW Steel, Tata Steel and group of Bhushan Steel employees on Tuesday. The resolution professional was asking the bidder companies to explain their resolution plan and the reasons on why they think the plan will succeed, said…
Dubbo has one of the highest rates of personal bankruptcy in Australia, with 74 people in the city declared bankrupt in 2017. Statistics from the Australian Financial Security Authority and data research agency illion placed Dubbo eighth in Australia, and third in NSW, for suburbs with the highest concentration of bankruptcies. Despite the high result it…
In a test case which impacts some 400 pending cases, the High Court has ruled that debtors have a right to directly engage in the review by the Court of a proposed Personal Insolvency Arrangement (PIA). Finding that the Personal Insolvency Acts 2012 to 2015 did not envisage that the Personal Insolvency Practitioner (PIP) was the sole voice to…
* ArcelorMittal to sell 29 pct stake to Uttam Galva founders * Stake sale at below market price, founding family member says * Deal seen driven by curb on associates of bank loan defaulters By Promit Mukherjee MUMBAI, Feb 6 (Reuters) – ArcelorMittal is set to sell its entire stake in Indias Uttam Galva Steels…
In a test case which impacts some 400 pending cases, the High Court has ruled that debtors have a right to directly engage in the review by the Court of a proposed Personal Insolvency Arrangement (PIA). Finding that the Personal Insolvency Acts 2012 to 2015 did not envisage that the Personal Insolvency Practitioner (PIP) was the sole voice to…
Sales NQR store will close. SALES NQR store is set to close this Sunday, after the company was placed into voluntary administration. Staff were told last Tuesday of the closure, giving them less than two weeks to find alternative work. NQR entered administration on January 24, and appointed Bruno Secatore and Luke Targett from corporate and personal insolvency…
THE former managing director of the collapsed Rare Coin Company will spend at least the next two years behind bars after being sentenced to stealing more than $1.8 million from investors over two years. Robert Colin Jackman, 63, was jailed for four years and two months in the District Court in Albany yesterday after pleading…
A High Court ruling is good news for about 400 debtors who are seeking court reviews of creditors rejections of their proposed personal insolvency arrangements. Ms Justice Marie Baker on Monday rejected arguments by banks and other creditors that such reviews are exclusively a matter for a debtors personal insolvency practitioner (PIP) and she ruled…
The former managing director of the collapsed Rare Coin Company will spend at least the next two years behind bars after being sentenced to stealing more than $1.8 million from investors over two years. Robert Colin Jackman, 63, was jailed for four years and two months in the District Court in Albany yesterday after pleading…
Controversially forgetful businessman Bill Lewski has paid nothing to walk away from $190 million in civil claims brought against him, his fellow directors and advisers to retirement village outfit Prime Trust. Fairfax Media can reveal the completion of one of Australia’s most torrid and long-running insolvency legal actions that involved high profile Prime directors Michael…