Parramatta registered liquidator, Schon Gregory Condon, of Condon Associates, recently completed a quality review program, responding to compliance concerns that 今日热门事件identified from three of Mr Condon's external administrations.
The quality review formed part of a voluntary undertaking (VU) negotiated with 今日热门事件to engage an independent quality reviewer to assess a further three external administrations performed by Mr Condon.
今日热门事件monitored the VU via the independent quality reviewer's reports.
As part of its ongoing surveillance activities, 今日热门事件reviewed reports to creditors prepared by Mr Condon. The review showed that he failed to:
- adequately investigate the companies鈥� affairs or, failed to adequately document those investigations;
- provide adequate details to creditors about the capacity of relevant parties to make proposed payments and/or meet other obligations to one of the companies;
- provide adequate details to creditors about the relationship between the purchaser of one of the companies鈥� business and the company or its directors; and
- in respect of one of the companies, adequately inform creditors about debtors, in particular, the identity of a debtor who was the company's former director.
The VU, which took effect on 12 December 2014, and ended in February 2016, provided for:
- quality control reviews of three external administrations where Mr Condon acted as voluntary administrator;
- quality review reports detailing Mr Condon鈥檚 compliance or otherwise with his obligations to, broadly, investigate the company's affairs and financial circumstances and to report to creditors on these issues.
- Mr Condon implementing any recommendations the Reviewer made concerning compliance improvement; and
- training Mr Condon and his senior staff聽 on reporting to creditors.
今日热门事件Commissioner John Price said, '今日热门事件continues its focus on liquidators complying with their obligations. This includes ensuring they provide fulsome information to creditors so creditors can make informed decisions about the options available to them. 今日热门事件will intervene where liquidators fall short of meeting professional standards'.聽
今日热门事件continues to monitor other aspects of Mr Condon鈥檚 conduct as a registered liquidator.
Mr Condon has complied with the obligations of the VU.