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Books
, 2019, LexisNexis Study Guide: Corporations Law, LexisNexis, Australia
, 2018, Principles of Contemporary Corporate Governance, Cambridge Univeristy Press, UK
, 2017, Australian Corporate Law, LexisNexis, Australia
, 2015, Australian Corporate Law, LexisNexis, Australia
, 2015, Principles of Contemporary Corporate Governance, Cambridge University Press, Australia
, 2014, LexisNexis Case Summaries Corporations Law, LexisNexis, Australia
, 2013, Australian Corporate Law, LexisNexis
, 2011, Australian Corporate Law, LexisNexis, Australia
, 2009, Australian Corporate Law, LexisNexis, Australia
, 2008, Australian Corporate Law, LexisNexis, Australia
, 2000, Company and incorporated associations law, Eastern House, Victoria
, 1997, Company and incorporated associations law (1st ed), Eastern House, Victoria, Australia
Book Chapters
, 2024, 'Accounting Governance', in du Plessis J; Hargovan A; Nosworthy B (ed.), Principles of Contemporary Corporate Governance, Cambridge University Press, pp. 159 - 174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781009287371
, 2022, 'Shareholder Engagement and Voting in Australia', in The Cambridge Handbook of Shareholder Engagement and Voting, Cambridge University Press, pp. 191 - 213, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108914383.011
, 2021, 'Potential liability for directors during corporate restructuring: comparative perspectives', in Research Handbook on Corporate Restructuring, Edward Elgar Publishing, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781786437471.00017
, 2013, 'Aggrieved shareholders as creditors: an unmapped coordinate in the cartography of Australian insolvency law', in Omar P (ed.), International Insolvency Law: Reforms and Challenges, Ashgate Publishing Group, England, pp. 145 - 170, http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409466666
, 2008, 'The intersection between shareholders` and creditors` rights in insolvency: an Australia perspective', in Sarra J (ed.), Annual Review of Insolvency Law: 2007, Thomson/Carswell, Ontario, pp. 699 - 734
Journal articles
, 2022, 'Putting assets beyond the reach of creditors: an audacious example of illegal phoenixing and its legal implications', Insolvency Law Bulletin, 22, pp. 23 - 27
, 2021, '’Royal Commission reports on Crown Casino - the crowning ignominy of governance failure’', Governance Directions, 73, pp. 440 - 448
, 2021, '‘Big star trips over stepping stone: Corporate and director liability in ASIC v Big Star Energy Ltd’', Governance Directions, 73, pp. 19 - 24
, 2020, 'Australian Insolvency Law Reform for Small Business — Janus-Faced?', Insolvency Law Bulletin, 21, pp. 5 - 10
, 2020, 'Governance lessons from Tennis Australia: ASIC v Mitchell (No 2)', Governance Directions, 72, pp. 384 - 393
, 2020, 'Who is a company officer?: High Court analysis in ASIC v King and its implications', Governance Directions, 72, pp. 171 - 177
, 2020, 'Legislating the concept of the independent company director: recent Indian reforms seen through Australian eyes', Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, 20, pp. 86 - 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14729342.2020.1773018
, 2019, 'Stepping stone liability for non-executive chair in Vocation Ltd', Governance Directions, 71, pp. 1 - 8
, 2019, 'Franchise Agreements: When is a debt incurred in the context of insolvent trading law?', Insolvency Law Bulletin, 20, pp. 84 - 87
, 2019, 'Editors Corner', Insolvency Law Bulletin, 20, pp. 2 - 3
, 2019, 'Banking royal commission final report: Cultural issues and implications', Governance Directions, 17, pp. 1 - 9
, 2019, 'Editorial Note', Insolvency Law Bulletin, pp. 186 - 188
, 2018, 'Hayne Royal Commission Interim Report: Unclogging the Central Artery', Governance Directions, 70, pp. 691 - 699
, 2018, 'An Employee, Contractor or De Facto director? Challenge under the Fair Entitlements Guarantee Act', Insolvency Law Bulletin, 19, pp. 156 - 159
, 2018, 'Editor's Corner (Insolvency Law Bulletin)', Insolvency Law Bulletin, 19, pp. 150 - 152
, 2018, 'Sprouting the invalid appointment of a voluntary administrator', Insolvency Law Bulletin, 19, pp. 127 - 129
, 2018, 'Editor's Corner', Insolvency Law Bulletin, 19, pp. 62 - 63
, 2018, 'Editor's Corner', Insolvency Law Bulletin, 19, pp. 22 - 23
, 2018, 'Liquidator's loss of insolvent trading claim under s 588G(2): Mansfield v Townend', Insolvency Law Bulletin, 19, pp. 39 - 42
, 2018, 'Editor's Corner', Insolvency Law Bulletin, 19, pp. 110 - 113
, 2018, 'Storm without power: Low civil penalties for directors of Storm Financial', Governanc Directions, 70, pp. 197 - 201, https://www.governanceinstitute.com.au/resources/governance-directions/issue-4/storm-without-power-low-civil-penalties-for-directors-of-storm-financial/
, 2017, 'Corporate law: Foreign directors of Australian companies put on notice: No leniency for ignorance of duties', Governance Directions, 69, pp. 37 - 39
, 2017, 'Financial Twilight Re-Appraisal: Ending The Judicially-Created Quagmire Of Fiduciary Duties To Creditors', University of Pittsburgh Law Review, 78, http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/LAWREVIEW.2016.450
, 2017, 'Judicial guidance on de facto director liability for insolvent trading', Governance Directions, 69, pp. 111 - 113
, 2017, 'Still a sleepy hollow? Directors’ liability and the business judgment rule', Australian Journal of Corporate Law, 31, pp. 319 - 343
, 2016, 'Insolvency Law Reform in India', Insolvency Law Bulletin, 17, pp. 185 - 188
, 2016, 'Governance in Financially Troubled Companies: Australian Law Reform Proposals', Company and Securities Law Journal, 34, pp. 483 - 488
, 2016, 'FINANCIAL TWILIGHT RE-APPRAISAL: ENDING THE JUDICIALLY CREATED QUAGMIRE OF FIDUCIARY DUTIES TO CREDITORS', University of Pittsburgh Law Review, 78, pp. 135 - 180, http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/lawreview.2016.450
, 2016, 'Productivity Commission Safe Harbour Proposal for Insolvent Trading', Governance Directions, 68, pp. 9 - 12
, 2015, 'Integrated reporting and directors’ concerns about personal liability exposure: Law reform options', Company and Securities Law Journal, 33, pp. 176 - 195, http://www.westlaw.com.au/maf/wlau/app/document?src=document&docguid=Icf7adee1efb611e4bafbe292e8098b9a&epos=4&snippets=true&startChunk=1&endChunk=1&isTocNav=true&tocDs=AUNZ_AU_JOURNALS_TOC&parentinfo=
, 2015, 'Australia and the International insolvency Paradigm', The Sydney Law Review, 37, pp. 389 - 416, https://sydney.edu.au/law/slr/slr_37/slr37_3/SLRv37n3McCormackHargovan.pdf
, 2015, 'Directors’ Duties to Creditors: A Doctrinal Mess', Nottingham Insolvency and Business Law eJournal, 3, pp. 135 - 154, https://www4.ntu.ac.uk/nls/document_uploads/174820.pdf
, 2015, 'Tax Debts and Directors Liability for Insolvent Trading’', Governance Directions, 67, pp. 302 - 305, http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=257474527261539;res=IELBUS