Insolvency Rules

Bankruptcy Law Seminar: The New Insolvency Act 1967

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Legal Logic Asia is holding its Bankruptcy Law Seminar: Impact and Compliance of the New Insolvency Act 1967 & Insolvency Rules 2017. This is on 19 December 2017 at Concorde Hotel. This will be a comprehensive one-day seminar covering all of the major changes now rolled out under the renamed Insolvency Act 1967.

Judging from the questions I have seen posted on this website, as well as uncertainties in practice, I recommend you to consider attending this seminar. Here is the brochure for the Bankruptcy Law Seminar: Impact and Compliance of the New Insolvency Act 1967 & Insolvency Rules 2017. Continue reading →

Bankruptcy Amendments: The New Insolvency Rules and Voluntary Arrangement Rules

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As I have updated in my earlier article, the amendments to the Bankruptcy Act have now all come into force on 6 October 2017. We should now all be referring to it as the Insolvency Act 1967, instead of the old Bankruptcy Act 1967.

As a reminder, the new term Insolvency Act 1967 still merely refers to individual insolvency or individual bankruptcy. It does not involve corporate insolvency. Further, even under the Insolvency Act 1967, it continues to refer to the act of bankruptcy and the bankruptcy order.

Going hand in hand with the renamed Insolvency Act 1967, there are now a host of new rules that come along with the Act. Continue reading →