Reflects on proposed changes to Australia's bankruptcy law, which mirror reforms introduced by the UK Enterprise Act 2002 to promote entrepreneurship and innovation by reducing the default duration of bankruptcy. Examines the UK amendments, whether the justifications for their enactment are equally valid in Australia, why they may have a negligible impact, and whether a broader Australian policy justification for reform would be preferable
Rising consumer bankruptcy levels have serious consequences, not only for the bankrupts themselves, ...
In the last fifteen years or so, lawyers working in law and economics and economists with an interes...
The 2008 financial crisis was followed by a global economic downturn, a credit crunch, and a reducti...
Over the past three decades, Australia has experienced a significant increase in the number of consu...
This study is the first empirically based analysis of business bankruptcy to be conducted in Austral...
In Australia, bankruptcy retains a social stigma, as is often seen as a personal failing, and an ind...
In this paper, we would explore whether the discharge regime in the new Bankruptcy Act would encoura...
Providing debtors with the opportunity for a fresh start is popularly regarded as one of the main go...
Many jurisdictions across the globe are reviewing their personal insolvency law regimes. The worldwi...
Australia\u27s bankruptcy laws are out of step with today\u27s credit market place, write Fiona Guth...
This chapter considers the treatment of executory contracts upon the default of a debtor company und...
Entrepreneurship and innovation are often characterized as two of the most vital contributors to lon...
Recent initiatives in a number of countries have sought to promote entrepreneurship through relaxing...
The protected asset status given to a regulated superannuation fund under the Bankruptcy Act 1966(Ct...
The insolvency of natural persons raises questions not only for a nation’s economy but also for its ...
Rising consumer bankruptcy levels have serious consequences, not only for the bankrupts themselves, ...
In the last fifteen years or so, lawyers working in law and economics and economists with an interes...
The 2008 financial crisis was followed by a global economic downturn, a credit crunch, and a reducti...
Over the past three decades, Australia has experienced a significant increase in the number of consu...
This study is the first empirically based analysis of business bankruptcy to be conducted in Austral...
In Australia, bankruptcy retains a social stigma, as is often seen as a personal failing, and an ind...
In this paper, we would explore whether the discharge regime in the new Bankruptcy Act would encoura...
Providing debtors with the opportunity for a fresh start is popularly regarded as one of the main go...
Many jurisdictions across the globe are reviewing their personal insolvency law regimes. The worldwi...
Australia\u27s bankruptcy laws are out of step with today\u27s credit market place, write Fiona Guth...
This chapter considers the treatment of executory contracts upon the default of a debtor company und...
Entrepreneurship and innovation are often characterized as two of the most vital contributors to lon...
Recent initiatives in a number of countries have sought to promote entrepreneurship through relaxing...
The protected asset status given to a regulated superannuation fund under the Bankruptcy Act 1966(Ct...
The insolvency of natural persons raises questions not only for a nation’s economy but also for its ...
Rising consumer bankruptcy levels have serious consequences, not only for the bankrupts themselves, ...
In the last fifteen years or so, lawyers working in law and economics and economists with an interes...
The 2008 financial crisis was followed by a global economic downturn, a credit crunch, and a reducti...