Background In last month’s case study “I know what I am doing! It will all be fine”, we looked at Craig and Jane and the issues that they experienced due t...

There has probably never been a few weeks like this for travel agents. First, Thomas Cook, an icon of the industry with a 140-year history went into liquidat...

At the most recent instalment of the de Jonge Read Seminar Series we discussed the Bankruptcy Amendment (Enterprise Incentives) Bill 2017. The bill proposed ...

I don’t know how many times I hear “it’s a very simple situation, I don’t own anything so I don’t really need advice, I can do this myself”, only to have the...

BACKGROUND Our client had established an auto trim business in a regional location in 2004. Over the past few years however, the business had suffered poor...

Often one of our client’s biggest fears is losing the family home in a bankruptcy scenario. This situation is exacerbated when one partner in a relationship ...

Vic and Richard are two brothers who were directors of what became a rather large (100+ employees) company. Due to changes in the industry, the business mode...

Deed of Covenants (DOC) can be easily missed and forgotten. Therefore, Company directors may unknowingly and unnecessarily be placing their

Bankruptcy can be an extremely emotional and stressful time, it weighs heavily on the individual as well as on their family. Though entering bankruptcy may r...

Nothing! According to Australia’s Bankruptcy Act 1966 (“the Act”). Transfers of property for less than market value, including transfers where no considerati...

Often an Insolvency Practitioner (‘IP’) may state to potential clients that everything will be fine. This comment is one that I heard come from the lips of m...

Getting specialist insolvency advice prior to entering into bankruptcy can have an enormous impact on the process and outcomes. This month’s case study depic...