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Monthly Archives: May 2011

Congratulations

We would like to congratulate two of our Advisory Board members:   Michael Murray, Legal Director of the IPA, has been appointed a member of CAMAC (the Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee). CAMAC is established under Part 9 of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (ASIC Act) to advise the Minister on matters […]

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Fair enough! The Fair Entitlements Guarantee Bill 2011

  Associate Professor Christopher Symes: The Australian Parliament in its Autumn/Winter session is about to debate legislation that deals with the consequences of an employer entering into insolvency (liquidation) with employees being owed wages and other entitlements. The topic was part of the ALP policy on ‘protecting workers’ entitlements package’ taken to the last election. […]

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Hide and seek or show and tell in prospectus disclosure?

Do we play ‘Hide and Seek’ or ‘Show and Tell’ with a director’s bankruptcy and insolvency history in prospectus disclosure law under the Corporations Act? It is an aim of insolvency law to provide mechanisms that assist in removing directors from the management of companies where they have been found to have been involved with […]

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