Financial Services Archives

ATO Collection Steps Increasing: Time to Seek Specialist Legal Advice

After a slow increase in its debt collection activities following the COVID-19 pandemic, the ATO has started to accelerate its recovery of the billions of dollars of outstanding tax debt. The reprieve that many businesses have enjoyed since the ATO began to hold off...

Small Business Restructuring: A New Regime

With effect from 1 January 2021 small business restructuring (SBR) was introduced by the Australian Government as a new form of insolvency appointment which provides a simplified debt restructuring process for eligible small...

Marino Law Celebrates Outstanding QLS Accreditation Achievement

In a resounding achievement for Gold Coast-based law firm Marino Law Partner, Mark Steele, has been awarded the prestigious Queensland Law Society Accredited Specialist in Commercial Litigation. With an estimated more than 13,000 lawyers operating within Queensland,...

Unravelling a $100M Mortgagee Ponzi Scheme: Protecting Your Home from Alleged Fraud Involving AMS Ivanhoe Lawyers

In a startling revelation, reported allegations have surfaced implicating John Adams, the former principal of AMS Ivanhoe Lawyers, in an alleged potential misappropriation of invested and/or loaned funds. The total quantum of the funds is estimated to be in excess of...

The Wolf of Instagram

Royal Commission damns ASIC’s enforcement culture as ineffective