Publications and Events
Do You Have a Claim When Your Crypto Platform Collapses in Australia?
Posted By Simone Rees,
04/08/2023 11:00 AM 2022 saw the collapse of many cryptocurrency platforms, leaving many customers at risk of losing everything. The spectacular collapse of FTX left at least 30,000 Australians at the mercy of the...
"This Wasn't Part of the Contract!" - Can I Rely on the Doctrine of Frustration?
Posted By Simone Rees,
12/07/2023 16:00 PM The doctrine of frustration is a common law concept, and Australia has no legislation to determine when a contract is frustrated. Frustration of a contract is a complex area of the law, and it is...
Shifting Assets to Avoid or Defeat Creditors and What a Liquidator Would Consider in Clawing Back?
Posted By Simone Rees,
12/07/2023 15:00 PM On 18 February 2020, the government amended the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (the Act) to introduce the new creditor-defeating disposition provisions. In effect, the new provisions created a new...
Simone Rees Co-Presents Part 2 of Liquidator and Litigator Insolvency Series - External Administration
Posted By Luke Buchanan,
23/06/2023 08:00 AM Thank you to all who attended the second event of the Liquidator and Litigator Insolvency Series - External Administration, held at the historic venue, The Castlereagh Boutique Hotel in...
Continuous Disclosure Obligations - is knowledge, recklessness or negligence required?
Posted By Simone Rees,
09/05/2023 09:00 AM The following article was published by Lexology on 8 May 2023: The Federal Court recently handed down the largest-ever penalty against a company for breaching continuous disclosure laws. The court...