Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: Exploring the impact of bankruptcy and other consumer debt options

Speaker: Nicola Howell, Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology

In this webinar, Nicola will present some initial results from her empirical study on the impact on debtors of different ‘treatment’ options for over-indebtedness, including bankruptcy, debt agreements and financial difficulty assistance. Among other things, Nicola’s study explores whether these options lead to improvements in the financial wellbeing of debtors, and meet their intended policy goals. These issues are explored through surveys and interviews of debtors, and surveys of financial counsellors and insolvency practitioners.

Speaker:

Nicola Howell is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology and a PhD Candidate at Melbourne Law School. She researches and teaches in the areas of consumer credit, consumer financial services, and personal insolvency law and practice. More information on her research, teaching and publications.

Commentator:

Michael Murray is one of Australia’s leading writers on insolvency law, as the author and co-author of several books and practitioner loose leaf services, including Keay’s Insolvency (published by Thomsonreuters). Michael is a Fellow and Director of the Australian Academy of Law, a Fellow of UNCCA and the writer of Murrays Legal Commentary .

Chair:

Jason Harris is Professor of Corporate Law at Sydney Law School and is an active researcher in insolvency law and corporate law fields, with several books published including Keay’s Insolvency (with Michael Murray) and Insolvency Law: Commentary and Materials (with Anderson and Gronow, published by Thomsonreuters).

Webinar via Zoom, Monday 14 September, 6pm AEST

Once you register, your confirmation will provide the Zoom details.

This seminar is sponsored by the Ross Parsons Centre at Sydney Law School.