Duties of a director in the insolvency vicinity – Guardian

CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele English decisions suggest that the duties are owed for the benefit of creditors: HLC Environmental Projects Ltd v Carvalho (2014) BCC 337, 362; Colin Gwyer & Associates Ltd v London Wharf Ltd (2003) BCC 885, 906 [74]; West Mercia Safetywear Ltd v Dodd (1988) BCLC 250 at 253;Brady & Anor v Brady & Anor (1987) 3 BCC 535, 552. In contrast, Australian authorities such as Walker v Wimborne (1976) 137 CLR 1 and Bell Group Ltd v Westpac Banking Corp (2012) WASCA 157 and leading judicial authorities in New Zealand such…

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Government ignored tax loophole that helped shonky colleges rip off students – The Australian Financial Review

Education Minister Simon Birmingham has again blamed Labor for the VET FEE-HELP fiasco, even though the Coalition was slow to shut down the rorts. Louise Kennerley For three years the federal Coalition government ignored a major loophole in the VET FEE-HELP student loan scheme that allowed dodgy private colleges to scam the program and fraudulently…

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Disappointment as North Bay’s space partner declared bankrupt … – BayToday

The announcement Wednesday that Swiss Space Systems had been declared bankrupt by a Swiss court caught local partners by surprise. See: Swiss Space Systems declared bankrupt Canadore President George says he learned of the bankruptcy at the same time as everyone else last week after reading media reports. “I’m disappointed of course because we had a…

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The U.S. Government Is Collecting Student Loans It Promised to Forgive – Bloomberg

The U.S. Department of Education has two quite different roles in the lives of indebted former students. The same bureaucracy that must safeguard taxpayer dollars by collecting $1.1 trillion in loans also oversees the nation’s largest-ever effort to forgive student debt. These dual roles have culminated in a strange situation. The Obama administration has repeatedly…

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Poker pro must repay $10 million – NEWS.com.au

Phil Ivey ordered to repay millions to casino over edge sorting scandal December 20, 2016 6:46am News Corp Australia Network Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Reddit TEN-time World Series of Poker bracelet wi… Read the full article at: http://www.news.com.au/sport/more-sports/phil-ivey-ordered-to-repay-millions-to-casino-over-edge-sorting-scandal/news-story/2690247418919900223ceb3dbe6e435e

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