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;…