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The ROCIT Research Unit Congratulates Professor Chris Symes on His Promotion to Full Professor
The ROCIT research unit congratulates Professor Chris Symes on his recent promotion to full Professor. This is a prestigious achievement and Professorships are only given to those academics that have a history of dedication, hard work and commitment to teaching and research. Professor Symes’ main academic interest is insolvency law. In this area, he has […]
ROCIT Featured in the Law Society of South Australia Bulletin
The following article was featured in the most recent edition of the Law Society of South Australia’s Bulletin which is the Law Society’s flagship journal: Adelaide Law School Research Unit Targets the Regulation of Corporations, Insolvency and Taxation The Law School at the University of Adelaide has recently established its ROCIT research unit, which brings […]
Director Penalty Notices – Promoting a Culture of Good Corporate Governance and of Successful Corporate Rescue Post Insolvency
The director penalty regime under Division 269 to Schedule 1 of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 (Cth) empowers the Commissioner to take action against an insolvent company’s directors to recover outstanding tax debts of a company. The director penalty regime was introduced as a substitute for the Commissioner’s tax priority in a corporate insolvency and […]
Professor Symes appointed editor of leading Australian law journal
Professor Christopher Symes, a director of ROCIT, has been appointed as an editor of the Australian Journal of Corporate Law (AJCL), effective immediately. Christopher will co-edit the Journal with a senior corporate law and M & A practitioner Tony Damian, a Sydney partner of Herbert Smith Freehills. Christopher is looking forward to working with Tony […]
Impact and Engagement – ROCIT Joins Forces with the Tax Institute
ROCIT and the Adelaide Law School collaborated with the Taxation Institute to host an event which was held at the Adelaide Law School on Wednesday 18th May in which a panel of exceptional professionals from diverse backgrounds, including law, accounting, commerce and government shared their experiences in a panel discussion. The panellists included: Adrian Cartland, […]
Francesco de Zwart Publishes a new Corporate Governance Book
Enhancing Firm Sustainability Through Governance The Relational Corporate Governance Approach Corporations, Globalisation and the Law Series Francesco de Zwart, Lecturer, Adelaide Law School, The University of Adelaide, Australia Enhancing Firm Sustainability Through Governance presents a fresh perspective on corporate governance and how the relationship between governance mechanisms, processes and variables should be understood through a […]
Federal Budget 2016 – Proposed Super Changes
The 2016 Budget proposes a number of changes to Australia’s superannuation system which up until now has been relatively unchanged since the 2007 Simplified Super overhaul. However, with an election likely to be held in coming months, these changes may not be legislated and even if passed, the majority of the proposed changes will not […]
Housing Affordability and Negative Gearing – The Homeless Generation
Negative gearing is one of Australia’s most prevalent tax shelters and has been the focal point of an ongoing and heated debate.[1] This debate has become more heated with the recent housing boom in the eastern states which has resulted in the median house price in Melbourne rocketing to $700 thousand dollars, around 10 times […]
Sharing and Learning Through International Collaboration in Secured Transactions Law
Associate Professor David Brown, Co-Director of ROCIT, last month assisted the Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA), which administers the Personal Property Securities Register, in knowledge-sharing about Australia’s experience of introducing a new system of secured transactions law with a senior delegation from the Kenyan government. Kenya, like many jurisdictions around the world, is considering reform […]
A New Book Comparing Jurisdictions World-wide and their Treatment of Claims in Insolvency
Oxford has published the third book in a series dedicated to comparative insolvency known as the Oxford International and Comparative Insolvency Law. This book comprehensive analysis of the law and practice in relation to creditor claims in over 20 jurisdictions. It canvasses the divergences and common features of domestic insolvency laws and the areas covered […]