Tuesday, 31 March 2026
The Interaction Between Debt Recovery and Insolvency
Manage debt recovery effectively when insolvency risks emerge. Understand how the two areas intersect, identify potential complications early and apply Victorian legislation to protect client interests. Gain practical strategies to strengthen recovery efforts while minimising exposure.
Presented by John Dunne, Principal, John Dunne & Associates
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is based on VIC legislation
Chair
Ian Upjohn 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).
John Dunne, Principal, John Dunne & Associates
John Dunne was admitted as a lawyer in Victoria in 1980. He initially worked as a tax and commercial lawyer following articles, gradually moving into litigation from 1980 to 1982 at John Wilder-Darren Moses. In 1983 John commenced practice as an employee then partner with Phillip Biber acting for a large mercantile agency in Victoria & NSW performing all types of civil litigation with an emphasis on insolvency work and with a significant appearance load as Counsel in the Magistrates Court, County Court, Supreme and Federal courts in Bankruptcy & Winding up matters. John has been a sole practitioner since 1986 up until 2006 with emphasis on high volume Debt Recovery and Insolvency almost exclusively for Creditors. John left Dibbs Abbott Stillman (now Thompson Greer) in December 2008 and resumed private practice as a sole practitioner under his own name with a continuing emphasis on Civil Litigation & Insolvency work.
