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Adelaide Law Schools’ ROCIT co-convened a Personal Property Securities Law Roundtable in Sydney
Adelaide Law Schools’ ROCIT (Regulation of Corporations Insolvency and Taxation) Research Unit (Associate Professor David Brown), co-convened, with the Ross Parsons Centre, University of Sydney (Professors Sheelagh McCracken and Jason Harris), a Personal Property Securities Law Roundtable in Sydney on Friday 8 November. The Personal Property Securities Roundtable held on 8 November 2019 at University […]
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Adelaide Law Students visit the Tonsley Innovation District to learn about Property law
Associate Professor David Brown, in collaboration with Lisa Bielby, Lynch Meyer Lawyers, Carsten Dethlefsen, and Renewal SA, recently took his postgraduate class, Perspectives on Property Law and Society, to visit the multi-award winning Tonsley Innovation District. The course material was front-loaded to prepare students for this case study where they were able to then see […]
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Symposium: Business Rescue Law Reform in Australia and the EU
ROCIT Research Unit, Adelaide Law School, in conjunction with EU Centre for Global Affairs National Wine Centre, Adelaide on Thursday 16 March 2017, 8.45am-3pm Are our business rescue laws still fit for purpose? How can they better assist directors to preserve value before it’s too late, but still protect other stakeholders including the public interest? […]
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What is Block Chain? Workshop and Networking Event
The blockchain is the glue that is going to drive a productivity revolution across the globe on par with what Henry Ford did with the automobile… [it] is the most important innovation in fundamental architecture since the tubes of the internet were first developed.” (Australian Financial Review, 14 December 2015). University of Adelaide Interdisciplinary Block […]
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CPD Seminar: Personal Property Securities Act – Key Reforms
The Personal Property Securities Act (PPSA) has been in operation since January 2012. Last year there was a statutory review (the Whittaker review) which has recommended significant changes, particularly to the Register. This session will highlight the likely reforms to be introduced this year, as well as focus on recent amendments and key case law […]
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AFSA launches new PPSR guide for business
Associate Professor David Brown has authored a small business guide for the Government on recent complex legislation upon which he is an international expert, the Personal Property Securities Act 2009(Cth). This law established a national online register for security interests in personal property, replacing numerous State and Commonwealth registers and other aspects of the general […]
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CPD – Personal Property Securities Act: Under Review
It’s been nearly 3 years since the PPSA and its Register came into operation, heralding a paradigm shift in the treatment of security interests in personal property. With the transitional ‘grace’ period for pre-PPSA arrangements ending earlier this year , the full impact is now being felt, particularly on smaller businesses and in insolvency cases, […]
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Personal Property Security Law: Local and Global Perspectives
Keynote Speaker: Sir Roy Goode CBE, QC, Emeritus Professor, St John’s College, University of Oxford Date: 20-21 February 2013 Venue: Adelaide Festival Centre On 30 January 2012, after several decades of discussion, the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (PPSA) and its Register, came into operation in Australia, drawing heavily upon legislation in North America and […]
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