Is it time to take stock? Who owns what in the David Jones administration

Megan Scott and Madeleine Hampson of Hall & Wilcox examine the rights of brands and suppliers seeking to recover stock following a retailer's voluntary administration, using the collapse of David Jones to highlight how concession, consignment and retention-of-title arrangements may be affected by the Personal Property Securities Act, including the risk of losing ownership or priority where security interests have not been properly perfected, while addressing restrictions on recovering goods, administrators' powers to continue selling stock, their personal liability for using third-party property and the potential costs of recovering goods.

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