23-285MR ASIC prosecutes 100 individuals for failing to assist … – ASIC

ASIC has prosecuted 100 individuals from 1 January 2023 to 30 June 2023 for failing to assist registered liquidators. These prosecutions follow the failure of company officers and other individuals to comply with key governance obligations to provide registered liquidators with access to company books and submit a report on company activities and property (ROCAP)…

TGIF 27 October 2023 – Lifting a stay under the SBR regime – Corrs Chambers Westgarth

This weeks TGIF summarises the Federal Court of Australias recent decision granting leave to proceed against a company despite the appointment of a small business restructuring (SBR) practitioner under Pt 5.3B of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Corporations Act). Key takeaways The statutory stay available under the SBR regime, introduced in 2021, has been approached…

Renowned Frozen Dessert Brand Going Into Voluntary Administration – Supermarket News

Sara Lee, a renowned dessert brand, has gone into voluntary administration. FTI Consulting was appointed as a voluntary administrator. The Sara Lee business will be restructuring and selling, but it will continue operations as usual. With its longstanding manufacturing history in Australia, there is hope that this will continue. Administrator Vaughan Strawbridge said that there…

Corporate insolvencies rising but no 'tsunami' on the horizon – The Irish Times

The deluge of corporate insolvencies that some had predicted would follow the Covid-19 pandemic has yet to materialise despite a steady rise in the number of business failures over the past year, according to insolvency experts. In a new report published on Wednesday, Interpath Advisory, the Dublin-based restructuring and corporate advisory firm founded last year…

Blow Bar Co – the iconic hair and make-up company with salons in Sydney's Bronte and Balmain – plunges into li – Daily Mail

BBC Operations Pty Ltd trading as Blow Bar Co falls into liquidation Blow Bar insists ‘it’s business as usual’ and an ‘internal’ restructure By Eliza Mcphee For Daily Mail Australia Published: 17:37 AEDT, 25 October 2023 | Updated: 19:23 AEDT, 25 October 2023 EXCLUSIVE  A pop… Read the full article at: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12669443/Blow-Bar-Sydney-Bronte-Balmain-collapses-liquidation.html

What happens to homebuyers when NCLT appoints an IRP for a real estate project? – Business Today

When a real stat project is sent to the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) with an Interim Resolution Professional (IRP), numerous major issues for homeowners arise. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) is extremely important in this procedure. When an application for initiation of corporate insolvency resolution is admitted against a real estate company/project (Corporate…

Dome Melbourne builders collapse: Former director Scott Wilcox says he was not responsible for liquidation – The Australian Financial Review

Oct 23, 2023 6.42pm Scott Wilcox, the former director and shareholder of high-end residential builder Dome, says his former fellow directors chose to put the company into liquidation last week and turned down offers he made to keep the business going, including coming back to run it. In a LinkedIn post late on Monday, Mr…