Safe Harbour – Risking Personal Liability to Rescue a Company
Twilight Zone When a company is under performing financially, directors might: do nothing or procrastinate; decide to resign or jump
Recovery Provisions – Trading a Business out of Financial Difficulty
The laws are changing to allow directors to attempt a turnaround or restructure outside of a formal insolvency regime –
Turnaround Management Association – 2017 Year in Review
Snippets from the TMA (Turnaround Management Association) December Newsletter – 2017 Year in Review The highlight for 2017 and a
Tax Debt. No longer just Directors Penalty Notices, multiple changes are underway…
When did you sign to agree to be personally liable for your company’s tax debt? It’s a rhetorical question –
Safe Harbour Protection for Directors – In Practice
Support for the carve-out model – Safe Harbour The Treasury Laws Amendment (2017 Enterprise Incentives No. 2) Bill (“the Bill”)
Voluntary Administration v Safe Harbour Protection for Directors
Voluntary Administration – Directors lose control The public and the media do not differentiate between liquidation and voluntary administration. Australia’s
Managing Insolvency Risk and Checklist for Times of Crisis
Technological Advancements and Economic Growth The breadth of technological change and digital disruption has changed businesses approach to managing insolvency
Business Judgement Rule – Directors Duty of Care & Diligence
Who would want to be a director? The Business Judgement Rule is poorly understood and underutilised. Being a ‘director’ is
SafeHarbour – Director Protection From Insolvent Trading
SafeHarbour for directors from insolvent trading – effective 19 September after royal assent the day prior. On 11 September 2017, the Treasury Laws Amendment (2017
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