Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: Recent Cases on PPSA Fundamentals
Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: Recent Cases on PPSA Fundamentals This webinar will examine two recent decisions of the Supreme Court of Victoria: Jayfield Pty Ltd v Cussen [2020] VSC 380 and Tasman Logistics Services Pty Ltd v Seaco Global Aust Pty Ltd (2020) 60 VR 252. Adam Waldman will identify key takeaways concerning …
Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: Singapore’s insolvency reforms
Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: Singapore’s insolvency reforms This webinar will discuss Singapore’s Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 (which commenced in July 2020). Our speaker will discuss the main features of the law, as well as COVID specific insolvency reforms (including simplified liquidation). Our presenter is Aurelio Gurrea-Martínez, Assistant Professor of Law …
Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: SME Restructuring and Insolvency
Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: SME Restructuring and Insolvency This webinar will discuss proposed reforms to assist small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with dealing with financial distress through restructuring and insolvency processes. SMEs make up a large part of the economy, and yet many small businesses face difficulties navigating through insolvency and restructuring …
Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: Judicial oversight of insolvency practitioner discretions
Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: Judicial oversight of insolvency practitioner discretions In this webinar, we discuss explores the use of discretion exercised by insolvency practitioners in making commercial decisions, and the grounds on which they may be challenged in court. Presenter: Dr John Wood, Lecturer, School of Law and Social Science, University of …
Ross Parsons Centre, Downtown Law and Business Webinar: So It’s Just Random Then? Challenges to Judicial Co-Operation in the EU – Perspectives from the JCOERE Project
Ross Parsons Centre, Downtown Law and Business Webinar: So It’s Just Random Then? Challenges to Judicial Co-Operation in the EU – Perspectives from the JCOERE Project This webinar will discuss a major cross-border insolvency research project that is being undertaken by University College Cork in Ireland. The project, JCOERE (Judicial Co-Operation supporting Economic Recovery in …
Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: Special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”)
Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: Special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) Special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) in the United States have become a hot topic in recent times with over US$30 Billion raised in 2020 alone. SPACs are blank cheque companies that list on the stock market for the purpose of merging with a …
Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: Employees duties under Ch2D of the Corporations Act
Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: Employees duties under Ch2D of the Corporations Act The Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) provides significant regulation of the behaviour of directors and officers, particularly through the duties outlined in Chapter 2D. Of those provisions, sections 182 and 183 also apply to ‘employees’, a term not defined in the Act. As …
Ross Parsons Law & Business seminar: Schemes of arrangement and debt restructuring
Ross Parsons Law & Business seminar: Schemes of arrangement and debt restructuring This webinar will discuss the use of creditors’ schemes of arrangement to facilitate debt restructuring. The panel will discuss the recent introduction of a new procedure into the UK (Part 26A restructuring plan) which is based on the creditors’ scheme of arrangement. The …
Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: Exploring the impact of bankruptcy and other consumer debt options
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 …
Law & Business seminar: Commercial leasing and the COVID-19 reforms
Law & Business seminar: Commercial leasing and the COVID-19 reforms This webinar will discuss the operation of reforms to commercial leasing arrangements. The panel will discuss current issues arising in lease renegotiations and consider different approaches being taken by both large and small landlords and tenants. The panel will also consider how leasing disputes are …