Helen Anderson

Timing is Everything: Security of Payment, Set-off and (In)solvency

Helen Anderson, Matthew Bell

Journal article  |  2020  |  Building and Construction Law Journal

Security of payment laws are meant to ensure cash keeps flowing down the chain of contractors within the building and construction..

Director Restriction: An Alternative to Disqualification for Corporate Insolvency

Michelle Welsh, Helen Anderson

Journal article  |  2019  |  Company and Securities Law Journal

Provisions that allow for the disqualification of directors who are involved in multiple corporate failures have been adopted by l..

A New Approach to Corporate Structures Involved in Labour Law Breaches

Helen Anderson

Journal article  |  2019  |  Australian Journal of Labour Law

Employers may sometimes deliberately choose to structure their business operations in a way that puts their assets beyond the reac..

Piercing the Corporate Veil to Reach the Money for Employees: Why, How and Where to Next?

Helen Anderson

Journal article  |  2019  |  Company and Securities Law Journal

It is arguable that it has never been more necessary to pierce the corporate veil than it is today. There appears to be a growing ..

Phoenix Companies as an Abuse of Companies

Michelle WELSH, Helen Anderson

Book Chapter  |  2019

There has been an increased focus on the abuse of the corporate form in recent years. Part I of this book contains examples of how..

Determining Secondary Liability: In Search of Legislative Coherence

Helen Anderson

Journal article  |  2019  |  Melbourne University Law Review

Australia is arguably in the midst of a legislative boom to improve recovery for creditors through the imposition of secondary lia..

Insolvency: It's All About the Money

H Anderson

Journal article  |  2018  |  Federal Law Review

The most desirable outcome from corporate insolvency is one that achieves the greatest return for all creditors including revenue ..

Illegal Phoenix Activity: Practical Ways to Improve the Recovery of Tax

H Anderson

Journal article  |  2018  |  Sydney Law Review

Illegal phoenix activity generally involves closing one debt-laden company and continuing its business through another company min..

HARMFUL PHOENIX ACTIVITY AND DISQUALIFICATION FROM MANAGING CORPORATIONS: AN UNENFORCEABLE REGIME?

Jasper Hedges, Helen Anderson, Ian Ramsay, Michelle Welsh

Journal article  |  2018  |  COMPANY AND SECURITIES LAW JOURNAL

Harmful phoenix activity is estimated to cost the Australian economy billions of dollars per year in losses to creditors, employee..

THE POTENTIAL ECONOMIC GAINS FROM INCREASING PUBLIC LAW ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ILLEGAL PHOENIX ACTIVITY

Jasper Hedges, Ian Ramsay, Michelle Welsh, Helen Anderson

Journal article  |  2018  |  MONASH UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW

Illegal phoenix activity the practice of liquidating or abandoning a - company with the intention of avoiding its obligations and ..