Tuesday, 31 March 2026
Recent Developments in PPSA Law
Review recent cases of interest and developments in the application of PPSA to commercial practice.
Presented by Mark McKillop, Barrister, Foleys’s List; Leading Insolvency & Restructuring Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2024; Co-authored Commbar’s comments on the Commonwealth’s PPSA review (Whittaker report)
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is based on VIC legislation
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Chair
Ian Upjohn KC, Chapman’s List Barristers & David G Robertson KC, Chapman’s List Barristers
Presenters
Ian Upjohn KC, Chapman’s List BarristersIan Upjohn was called to the Melbourne Bar in 1993 and specialises in commercial law, equity and trusts, disciplinary and other tribunals and alternative dispute resolution. Ian is a co-author (with M Colbran QC) of Pleadings in Butterworths Court Forms, Precedents and Pleadings (Victoria) and a Contributing Author to Palmer on Bailment (Third Edition).
Mark McKillop, Barrister, Foleys’s List
Mark practices in commercial matters, particularly in insolvency, banking, corporations and property litigation. Mark is a recognised expert in PPSA law, having acted in leading decisions in the area and widely lectured and written on the subject. As a barrister, he takes a direct and clear approach in discussing matters with clients and in presenting cases in Court. Mark has 30 years’ experience in commercial law as Counsel and as a solicitor in private practice and inhouse. Mark is a nationally accredited mediator with experience as mediator across a range of commercial, insolvency and family law matters.
David G Robertson KC, Chapman’s List
David Robertson KC was admitted to practice as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria on 1 April, 1981. Employed by Corr & Corr as a Solicitor and then as an Associate and then Senior Associate from 1981 to 1985 working mainly in Banking, Finance and Commercial Litigation. Signed the Roll of Counsel of the Victorian Bar on 23 May, 1985. Practises mainly in Commercial Law, including Banking, Finance, Securities, Consumer Credit, Trusts and Superannuation and also Constitutional Law, Equity, Company Law, Administrative Law and Professional Negligence. He was for many years a Member of the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Royal Children’s Hospital and a Senior Honorary Fellow and Part-Time Lecturer in Finance Law, University of Melbourne and also the author of the Chattel Securities Chapter of Lexis Nexis, Court Forms Precedents & Pleadings — Victoria.
