Lisa Valentine
Senior Associate Workgroup: Litigation and dispute resolution, building and construction Email: lisa.valentine@cgw.com.au Phone: 61 7 3231 2939 Lisa is a senior associate in our litigation and...
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Firstname: Rocco Surname: Russo Partner Workgroup: Litigation and dispute resolution Email: rocco.russo@cgw.com.au Phone: 61 7 3231 2468 Mobile: 0418 739 767 Rocco Russo leads Cooper Grace Ward’s...
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Senior Associate Workgroup: Litigation and dispute resolution, intellectual property Email: edward.sweeney@cgw.com.au Phone: 61 7 3231 2993 Edward is a senior associate in Cooper Grace Ward’s...
View ArticleASIC releases valuable guidance on insolvent trading
In a move designed to help directors better understand their statutory duty to prevent insolvent trading, ASIC last week released Consultation Paper 124 - Directors’ duty to prevent insolvent trading:...
View ArticleGovernment considers sweeping reforms to corporate insolvency laws
On 19 January 2010, in response to perceptions of inflexibility in Australia’s corporate insolvency regime, Chris Bowen, the Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law, announced...
View ArticleStatutory Demands: Fortunate reprieve from valid service on vacant registered...
The New South Wales Supreme Court recently handed down a controversial decision which highlights the importance of keeping registered office details up to date and ensuring legal notices are brought to...
View ArticleShareholder oppression: no free ticket for forced sale or winding up
It is not uncommon in shareholder disputes involving allegations of oppression under section 232 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) for the aggrieved shareholder to seek to wind up the company as part...
View ArticleGraham Roberts
Partner Workgroup: Litigation and dispute resolution, insolvency, reconstruction and debt recovery Email: graham.roberts@cgw.com.au Phone: 61 7 3231 2404 Mobile: 0438 591 597 Graham is a partner...
View ArticleInsolvency, restructuring and debt recovery
Cooper Grace Ward has extensive experience in insolvency, reconstruction and debt recovery work. We have acted for private clients, large corporations and insolvency professionals in all aspects of...
View ArticleStatutory demand debtor gets off on a ‘technicality’
A recent decision of the Chief Justice of Queensland illustrates how statutory demands can be set aside for what might seem to be relatively minor errors.In Rapcivic Contractors Pty Ltd v Mapol...
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