SmartCity had ‘solvency concerns’ six months ago – Rockhampton Morning Bulletin

BREAKING: Smartcity Vocational College accountants met with liquidators six months before the college’s administrative arm, SC Admin Pty Ltd, went bust. The report to creditors distributed to former SC Admin staff and creditors by Worrells Solvency and Forensic Accountants yesterday showed SmartCity accountants and lawyers met with Worrells on June 1 to discuss “solvency concerns…

Duties of a director in the insolvency vicinity – Guardian

CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele English decisions suggest that the duties are owed for the benefit of creditors: HLC Environmental Projects Ltd v Carvalho (2014) BCC 337, 362; Colin Gwyer & Associates Ltd v London Wharf Ltd (2003) BCC 885, 906 [74]; West Mercia Safetywear Ltd v Dodd (1988) BCLC 250 at 253;Brady & Anor v Brady & Anor (1987) 3 BCC 535, 552. In contrast, Australian authorities such as Walker v Wimborne (1976) 137 CLR 1 and Bell Group Ltd v Westpac Banking Corp (2012) WASCA 157 and leading judicial authorities in New Zealand such…

Tough bankruptcy conditions imposed on ‘grossly reckless’ David Henderson – The National Business Review

The High Court in Christchurch has banned property developer David Henderson from running a company for six years on top of his six-year-long bankruptcy, which is set to be lifted next month. Associate Judge Rob Osborne has ordered a number of restrictions on Henderson’s dealings in a 134-page judgment, which will release the developer from…