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Monthly Archives: November 2011
BILS/UBC Workshop on Stigma in Insolvency
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 […]
An advertised post: ASIC Commissioner (Insolvency)
ASIC on 20th October announced that Michael Dwyer, was retiring as Commissioner after three busy years. Mr Dwyer’s experience in the insolvency industry has coincided with the GFC, and with the Senate Inquiry into Liquidators, Administrators. Like the ASIC Chair, we pay tribute to Mr Dwyer’s efforts (particularly as a former Adelaide practitioner) and […]
Celtic Tiger refugees and their debt tail
As I sit in my University sabbatical office in mid-west Ireland, surrounded by the signs of an economy staggering, my office door opens and my office neighbour introduces herself and then starts, “I have a friend….” Well this friend, her husband and two children have left Ireland and gone to Australia, but they have a […]