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SBR not a reset button for creditors

SBR not a reset button for creditors

NSW Supreme Court confirms that small business restructuring does not extend the statutory demand presumption period, leaving a creditor without standing to pursue winding up.

Dina Kovacevic
Dina Kovacevic
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Liquidation funding gets first claim on Tahmoor Coal sale proceeds

Liquidation funding gets first claim on Tahmoor Coal sale proceeds

NSW Supreme Court gives $30.5 million in liquidation expenses and financing costs priority over secured creditors in Tahmoor Coal sale

Dina Kovacevic
Dina Kovacevic
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Ten months late, but not too late

Ten months late, but not too late

Court excuses ten-month PPSR registration delay after security manager's oversight

Dina Kovacevic
Dina Kovacevic
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Bayview backers barred from pulling DOCA

Bayview backers barred from pulling DOCA

Court rejects attempt to create and rely on termination event

Dina Kovacevic
Dina Kovacevic
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Bankrupt Lion Property co-founder loses bid to overturn default judgment

Bankrupt Lion Property co-founder loses bid to overturn default judgment

Victorian Supreme Court finds bankruptcy stripped John Sader of standing to challenge damages orders

Dina Kovacevic
Dina Kovacevic
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Big Review TV liquidators lose $27 million claim against former financiers

Big Review TV liquidators lose $27 million claim against former financiers

Federal Court rejects allegations that financing arrangements were designed to inflate parent company's share price, finding officers acted honestly and in BRTV's interests

Dina Kovacevic
Dina Kovacevic
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Ralan liquidators hit with costs after late disclosure derails trial timetable

Ralan liquidators hit with costs after late disclosure derails trial timetable

Federal Court says late expansion of document-summary exercise, not responsible use of AI, caused four-month adjournment

Dina Kovacevic
Dina Kovacevic
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Australian Pacific Coal administrators flag insolvent trading, director duty claims

Australian Pacific Coal administrators flag insolvent trading, director duty claims

McGrathNicol says the coal group may have been insolvent from November 2025, while a last-minute DOCA proposal has delayed a decision on liquidation

Dina Kovacevic
Dina Kovacevic
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Crown Group receivers blocked from paying related parties ahead of priority fight

Crown Group receivers blocked from paying related parties ahead of priority fight

NSW Supreme Court says disputed subrogation claims must be resolved before related entities can share in $48 million surplus

Dina Kovacevic
Dina Kovacevic
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RD Beechworth wound up after court finds property project commercially unviable

RD Beechworth wound up after court finds property project commercially unviable

Minority shareholders used valuation, construction-cost and insolvency evidence to show the Pymble development would lose millions even under optimistic assumptions.

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Global Food & Wine sale gets more time as employer entity heads for liquidation

Global Food & Wine sale gets more time as employer entity heads for liquidation

Federal Court splits the group’s administration timetable, preserving the proposed asset sale while allowing GHO to move toward liquidation so employees can access FEG.

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Tech Startup's DOCA Survives Challenge From US Investors Claiming Millions

Tech Startup's DOCA Survives Challenge From US Investors Claiming Millions

Stelamar and Issuer Solutions argued the deed was designed to wipe out their arbitration claims while leaving related-party debts untouched. The Federal Court disagreed on every ground.

Insolvency Insider
Insolvency Insider