Successfully resisted a claim for misleading or deceptive conduct in relation to the sale of a shopping centre. Acted for one of the respondents that was an asset manager for the vendor. The purchaser (who acquired the property on behalf of a syndicate of investors) alleged that documents provided to…
Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Bettles [2023] FCA 975
18-8-23 / Paul McQuade KC — Corporate Insolvency & Bankruptcy
ASIC brought proceedings under s 45-1 of the Insolvency Practice Schedule (Corporations) alleging senior and experienced liquidator Jason Bettles engaged in “conduct so gross a departure from, and abrogation of, the duties of a registered liquidator, as to warrant” both the cancellation of his registration as a liquidator and a…
