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Robo-Debt
It could only happen in America..surely? The Australian’s Wall Street Journal pages (30/3/11) reports that the Minnesota Attorney-General has accused the nation’s largest publicly traded debt-buying firm by revenue, of filing ‘robo-signed’ affidavits to collect debts from individual residents. Sloppy and fraudulent documents were used in many cases, in context of 15000 lawsuits collecting $US […]
Beth Nosworthy
Dr Beth Nosworthy studied for undergraduate degrees in Science (Maths and Computer Science), Language and Law at the University of Adelaide, completing her Honours Dissertation for Law in 2003. After graduating, she worked as an Associate in the Supreme Court of South Australia and as a commercial lawyer with an Adelaide firm, before moving to the […]
Sylvia Villios
Sylvia’s background in taxation and commercial law extends beyond academia and includes experience in legal practice. Prior to her appointment as a lecturer, Sylvia was engaged in legal practice for 6 years at two of Adelaide’s leading law firms, specialising in advising clients on taxation, trust law, superannuation and general corporate and commercial matters. Her […]
Suzanne Le Mire
Dr Suzanne Le Mire is an Associate Professor at the Adelaide Law School and is Deputy Executive Dean for the Faculty of the Professions, University of Adelaide. Prior to moving to academia, Suzanne practiced law at Adelaide Law firm, Piper Alderman. Suzanne teaches corporate law, corporate governance and legal ethics. She is currently supervising a […]
Chris Symes
Professor Christopher Symes‘ main academic interest is insolvency law. In this area he has written four textbooks and numerous articles for both an academic and practitioner readership. Christopher’s book Australian Insolvency Law, co-written with John Duns, is now in its second edition. His current research interests include: Corporate insolvency particularly employees and other priorities, history, […]
Franc de Zwart
Dr Franc de Zwart practised from 1993-1996 with the Melbourne firm of Arthur Robinson and Hedderrwicks (now Allens Linklaters) including a six-month secondment to the Australian Grand Prix Corporation. He joined the Adelaide Law School from the University’s Business School and, prior to that, Monash University in Victoria. His Doctoral Thesis is a theory that […]
David Brown
Associate Professor David Brown researches in the areas of corporate and personal insolvency, international insolvency and secured transactions. Much of his current scholarship is on the new Personal Property Securities legislation, and on corporate rescue issues. His current research interests include: Insolvency (personal and corporate) Legal Profession, including Legal Education and Regulation Land Law Charities […]