Residential Focus: Insolvency and licensing refusal

Christine Jones and Saniya Sharma of Holding Redlich share how a NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal’s decision on a contractor licence application highlights that prior insolvency remains a significant barrier, with the Tribunal requiring clear evidence of no public risk, genuine efforts to avoid liquidation, and sufficient financial capacity, and confirming that statutory discretion will be applied narrowly and cannot be satisfied by proposed licence conditions alone.

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