Bathla Group collapse causes administrators to find emergency funding as debt threatens collapse due to insolvency

Administrators of property developer Bathla Group have until Thursday to find emergency funding for the company and avoid it turning into one of the country’s biggest real estate failures, as the company’s staff agreed to keep working without pay. Insolvency specialists Teneo were appointed to Bathla last Tuesday as it buckled under the weight of…

Business-related insolvency surge fuels personal fallout

Business-related personal insolvencies are surging, with the number of Australians entering insolvency for business reasons jumping 17.8 per cent in the June quarter. New figures from the Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA) show 1,093 business-related personal insolvencies were recorded in the June quarter, up from 928 in the same period last year. The rise was…

When the cure becomes the disease

A law does not become unjust merely because it permits a large loss. Bankruptcy exists precisely because the whole debt cannot be recovered. Nor does an asset become a gift merely because its buyer pays substantially less than the failed company once owed. Debt is not value; an admitted claim is not a market price;…