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PPSA Happy Anniversary

By David Brown | Published: February 1, 2013
This week marked the first birthday of the operational commencement of the PPSA and its Register. To celebrate, BILS is organising a major two-day conference, Personal Property Security Law: Local and Global Perspectives, on 20-21 February 2013 at the Adelaide Festival Centre. For online registration and programme details: http://www.law.adelaide.edu.au/events/ppsa  Leading international and national experts will [...]
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Personal Property Security Law: Local and Global Perspectives, 20-21 February 2013, Adelaide Festival Centre

By David Brown | Published: December 7, 2012
Personal Property Security Law: Local and Global Perspectives, 20-21 February 2013, Adelaide Festival Centre Keynote address: Sir Roy Goode CBE QC  For full details of programme, information and online registration, click here:  http://law.adelaide.edu.au/events/ppsa/  The PPSA came into force on 30 January 2012, the most significant commercial law development in Australia for decades. Just over one year [...]
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Why are unfair preferences so difficult? CPD Breakfast- 29 November, 7.30a.m, National Wine Centre, Adelaide

By David Brown | Published: November 8, 2012
Unfair preferences feature in many insolvencies. Whilst liquidators will often have difficulty in recovering them, creditors may have difficulty in defending them. Shortly before liquidation a company is likely to pay some debts and the task of the law is to determine which of these payments can be set aside as a preference. This seminar [...]
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Personal Property Security Law: Local and Global Perspectives, 20-21 February 2013

By David Brown | Published: September 20, 2012
BILS@ Adelaide Law School  announces conference on PPSA to take place at the Adelaide Festival Centre just over one year after the Australian PPSA’s commencement of operation. International and national experts will attend. For further details and registration page, please check http://law.adelaide.edu.au/events/ppsa/
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BILS/UBC Workshop on Stigma in Insolvency

By David Brown | Published: November 19, 2011
On 17 January at the University of British Columbia, BILS will co-host (with the Annual Review of Insolvency Law, based at UBC) a one-day workshop on the Impact of Stigma in Insolvency, which will be chaired by Professor Janis Sarra (BILS Advisory Board), and commentator will be Emeritus Professor Jacob Ziegel, University of Toronto. Associate [...]
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BILS/Limerick Conference- Insolvency in the 21st Century

By David Brown | Published: October 26, 2011
Insolvency Law in the 21st Century: Irish and International Experience UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK , SCHOOL OF LAW, and BILS (BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY LAW SCHOLARSHIP UNIT) @ ADELAIDE LAW SCHOOL ARE PROUD TO PRESENT: A gathering of national and international experts on insolvency law and practice to discuss their experience and share their expertise from Ireland, [...]
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Welcome to BILS Blog

By admin | Published: April 5, 2011
Welcome to BILS blog. This blog is authored by Associate Professor Christopher Symes and Associate Professor David Brown, Co-Directors of BILS @ Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide. We will bring you details of news and events at BILS, plus insolvency news and events, case comment and developments from Australia and round the world., and [...]
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