In significant news for the insolvency industry, the High Court will hear the long-awaited Gunns Group preference claim appeal in Bryant & Ors v Badenoch Integrated Logging (A10/2022) on 18 October 2022.
Johnson Winter & Slattery act for PwC, the appellant liquidators of the Gunns group, in the proceeding.
Briefly stated, the grounds for the appeal are:
Material filed by the parties in the Proceeding to date can be viewed here.
Our previous articles on the insolvency trial, the trial, the appeal, the special leave application, and the grant of special leave can be accessed at the relevant links.
[1] Sutherland v Eurolinx Pty Ltd (2001) 37 ACSR 477 at 504 [148]
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