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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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PPSA Gets its First Report – ‘Shows Potential But Could Do Better’
Background On 30 January 2012, the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) came into effect. It prescribed a review within three years. The review report, by Bruce Whittaker, Ashursts, was recently submitted to the Attorney-General. (see www.afsa.gov.au). It is a thorough and scholarly analysis, covering almost every section of the PPSA. It can’t be done […]
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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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D-Day for the PPSA
As the clock strikes midnight tonight (Eastern time), the ‘transitional period’ of 24 months grace for PPS registrations will expire. There have been 7.7 million registrations as at end of 2013, but the feeling is that, now that the crunch time has arrived, many suppliers, lessors, consignors and others, particularly smaller businesses and artisans, will […]
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PPSA Happy Anniversary
This week marked the first birthday of the operational commencement of the PPSA and its Register. To celebrate, BILS is organising a major two-day conference, Personal Property Security Law: Local and Global Perspectives, on 20-21 February 2013 at the Adelaide Festival Centre. For online registration and programme details: http://www.law.adelaide.edu.au/events/ppsa Leading international and national experts will […]
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Personal Property Security Law: Local and Global Perspectives, 20-21 February 2013, Adelaide Festival Centre
Personal Property Security Law: Local and Global Perspectives, 20-21 February 2013, Adelaide Festival Centre Keynote address: Sir Roy Goode CBE QC For full details of programme, information and online registration, click here: http://law.adelaide.edu.au/events/ppsa/ The PPSA came into force on 30 January 2012, the most significant commercial law development in Australia for decades. Just over one year […]
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Personal Property Security Law: Local and Global Perspectives, 20-21 February 2013
BILS@ Adelaide Law School announces conference on PPSA to take place at the Adelaide Festival Centre just over one year after the Australian PPSA’s commencement of operation. International and national experts will attend. For further details and registration page, please check http://law.adelaide.edu.au/events/ppsa/
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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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CPD – PPSA Six Months On – Taking Stock
The Personal Property Securities Act 2009, possibly the most important change to commercial law in 25 years, has been in force for six months. It is not too early to identify practical concerns and issues that have arisen, and offer some solutions; also to address some misconceptions about the purpose and operation of aspects of […]
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