General Insolvency Inquiry (ALRC Report 45)
ALRC Report 45 (tabled 13 December 1988) examined the developments of overseas jurisdictions in relation to insolvency and identified that existing forms of voluntary administration were unnecessarily complex, confusing and uncoordinated.View ALRC Report 45 in HTMLon the AustLII website.The PDF download, below, is a Summary of ALRC Report 45. The full report comprises two volumes …
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Read moreDebt Recovery and Insolvency (ALRC Report 36)
ALRC Report 36 (tabled 21 October 1987) arose from the same reference as Insolvency: The Regular Payment of Debts (ALRC Report 6). During its work on the first report, the Commission identified that judgment debt recovery procedures in the States and Territories could contribute to worsening insolvency. Accordingly, the Commission investigated these procedures more fully in ALRC …
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Read moreInsolvency: The Regular Payment of Debts (ALRC Report 6)
ALRC Report 6 (tabled November 1977) considered whether the Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth), as it applied to small debtors, made adequate provision for the compromise or discharge of their debts from present or future assets and earnings.The Commission also was required to consider what measures, if any, could be adopted to achieve this objective and what measures …
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