Defended Claims
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Winding Up Applications and the Extension of Time

By Darrin Mitchell, Senior Associate at Matthews Folbigg in the Insolvency, Restructuring and Debt Recovery Group

Section 459R(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (“the Act”) requires that an application be filed to wind up a company, and for it to be determined within six months of filing. Should that six month period expire, the application can be dismissed without the orders sought being made.

However, there is provision for the six month period to be extended under section 459R(2) of the Act, if the applicant can satisfy the Court that special circumstances exist. [...]  READ MORE →

Bankruptcy
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I don’t owe them money: invoking bankruptcy jurisdiction to ‘look behind a judgment’

By Andrew Hack, Solicitor, and Stephen Mullette, Principal, of Matthews Folbigg Lawyers, in our Insolvency, Restructuring and Debt Recovery Group.

It is an unfortunate predicament for bankruptcy trustees that they become a new target for the litigious bankrupt. Bankrupts hell-bent on maintaining the original dispute with the petitioning creditor often request bankruptcy courts to ‘look behind the judgment’, an exercise in which a bankruptcy court can determine whether a debt is really owing in substance, notwithstanding that there may be a pre-existing court order. [...]  READ MORE →