PPSR: Drafting, Enforcing and Disputing Security Interests

It is a perennial, but you must be totally on top of your understanding of correct practice and procedure of PPSR registrations especially in an economic climate of increasing insolvencies. Be guided through enforcing general security interests under the Personal Property and Securities Act 2009Consider the issues in navigating insolvency issues in PPSR and perfect accurate PPSR registrations. Examine the impact of recent decisions on PPSR and asset protection mechanisms, along with strategies to ensure compliance and prevent disputes.

Monday, 17 March 2025
Chair:

Ian Davidson SC, Eight Selborne Chambers

Description

Attend and earn 3 CPD units in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories

2.00pm to 3.00pm Enforcing General Security Interests Under the Personal Property and Securities Act 2009

 

  • Drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts effectively to protect your client’s assets
  • Navigating legal compliance nightmares: How contract mechanisms can shield against emerging risks and regulatory challenges
  • Contractual powerplay 

Presented by Steven Brown, Chairman, Etienne Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Business Law

3.00pm to 4.00pm Navigating Insolvency Issues in PPSR: How Accurate PPSR Registrations Can Protect Your Client in Insolvency?

 

  • Warning signs
  • Dealing with client expectations
  • Inadequate or incorrect registrations
  • Priority conflicts
  • Reputational risks
  • Regulatory challenges
  • Managing risks when all goes wrong
  • Preventing losses of ownership during insolvency and ensures continued protection of your client’s assets  

Presented by Stacy Miller, Partner, Cronin Miller; Recommended for Litigation, Doyle's Guide 2024 

4.00pm to 4.15pm Afternoon Tea
4.15pm to 5.15pm PPSR Disputes

 

  • False or inaccurate registrations on the PPSR
  • Disputes relating to a PPS lease existence not registered on the PPSR
  • Ownership rights do not automatically give rise to a PPSR security interest 

Presented by Stipe Vuleta, Managing Director, Chamberlains Law Firm

Presenters


Ian Davidson SC, Eight Selborne Chambers
Ian Davidson is a Senior Counsel who practises primarily in Equity, Commercial, Administrative, Wills & Probate and Alternative Dispute Resolution. After graduating from ANU with a B Ec and LLB (1st class Honours and University Medal), Ian was Associate to Sir Anthony Mason from 1980 to 1981. He was awarded the R.G Menzies Scholarship to Harvard Law School (LLM 1982). After working with law firms in Boston and Washington DC and being admitted to the New York Bar, Ian practised as a solicitor in Sydney before being called to the NSW Bar where he has practiced from Eight Selborne Chambers (www.eightselborne.com.au) since 1991. Ian is also an accredited mediator under the National Standards for Accreditation of Mediators and accredited by the NSW Bar Association as a Mediator, Expert Determiner and Arbitrator. He was Chair of that Bar's Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, a director of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA) and a member of the NSW Supreme Court ADR Steering Committee from 2015-2018. He is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, the Banking & Financial Services Law Association and serves on the Financial Services Committee of the Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia. His interest in, and practical experience with, the PPSA has continued since his article "Overview of the new Personal Property Securities Law" (2011) 35 Aust Bar Rev 93.


Steven Brown, Chairman, Etienne Lawyers
Steven Brown is highly experienced lawyer with an extensive knowledge in all aspects of commercial law, with an intimate knowledge of the Corporations Law and the Australian Securities Exchange business and listing rules, being involved in corporate structuring, compliance, corporate takeovers, company floats, the preparation of prospectuses, employee share schemes and advising on directors' duties, and insolvency and securities law and practice. Steven currently lectures: in the Masters of Banking Law Course conducted by Macquarie University; in the Master of Finance for FINSIA in the areas of securities and insolvency and contract law and law, regulation and ethics; and for the Property Investors Association of Australia in security law and practice. Steven has published a number of articles on commercial subjects. He has lectured for the Australian Institute of Company Directors from 1989-2008, lectured in the Master and Doctorate courses at UTS in corporations, finance and securities law from 1989-1995, and is currently lecturing in the College of Law Masters course in commercial drafting and business structuring.


Stacy Miller, Partner, Cronin Miller
Stacy Miller has practiced exclusively in the areas of commercial litigation, insolvency, debt recovery and dispute resolution since her commencement of practice in Queensland in 2003. She has been a partner of the Gold Coast based specialist commercial litigation and insolvency firm, Cronin Miller Litigation, since 2014. Prior to private practice, her interest in insolvency was sparked during her tenure as a legal officer at the Federal Attorney General’s department in a small team put together specifically to provide assistance to those appearing before the Royal Commission into the collapse of HIH Insurance. Subsequently she practiced in specialist commercial litigation and insolvency firms in Brisbane, before joining the team at Cronin Litigation Lawyers (as it then was) in 2011. A highly regarded litigator with notable success in factually complex high end litigation cases, her expertise includes trade practices actions, contractual disputes, shareholder and partnership disputes, estate litigation, realising and enforcing securities and general commercial disputes for direct industry clients and professional firms such as accountants and liquidators.


Stipe Vuleta, Managing Director, Chamberlains Law Firmx
Leading Canberra Litigation, Insolvency & Reconstruction lawyer at Chamberlains Law Firm. A depth of experience from the traditional Legal and emerging Legal Technology sectors with Top Tier, Boutique and Online Expertise. Providing practical and commercial solutions to complex legal problems at all stages of the corporate and personal financial life cycle. Regular presenter on Insolvency, Building and Construction. Author and contributor to various Print & Online Publications.

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