Australia’s insolvency laws
On 29 April 2016, the Treasury Department of the Australian Government
released a Proposals Paper suggesting improvements to improve Australia’s
insolvency laws in order to enhance innovation in Australian business
(http://www.treasury.gov.au/ConsultationsandReviews/Consultations/2016
/Improving-bankruptcy-and-insolvency-laws ). The paper included proposals
for introducing a safe harbour for directors in relation to their current liability
for insolvent trading.
Your assignment is to prepare a submission to the Australian Government
that:
a) critically analyses the proposals made by the Treasury Department in
relation to a safe harbour for directors; and
b) describes in detail if, how, and why you would reform the current law.