Stuart Bailey
Areas of expertise
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Insolvency
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Corporate recovery and restructuring
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Commercial litigation and disputes
Stuart began practicing in 2015 and worked at other boutique commercial litigation firms prior to joining Hegarty Legal in early 2019.
Stuart has acted in a wide range of corporate and commercial matters and has appeared before the Local, District, Supreme and Federal Courts both in person and instructing Counsel at hearings.
Relevant Experience
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Acting for a publicly listed company in a claim against a “Big 4” accounting firm for misleading and deceptive conduct in relation to audit services provided to a company which subsequently entered liquidation.
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Successfully acting for Liquidators in the recovery of unfair preference payments.
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Advising Liquidators on claims for unreasonable director related transactions.
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Acting in proceedings in the Federal Court for the appointment of a receiver to a trading trust to preserve assets which where at risk due to a dispute between the unitholders in the trust.
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Advising liquidators on potential breaches of directors’ duties by former directors.
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Successful acting for clients seeking the removal of freezing orders made against the in the Supreme Court.
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Successfully acting for a Bankruptcy Trustee in an application to extend the time for a meeting of creditors to consider a Part X Agreement, after the meeting had occurred.
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Advising lenders on the appointment of external administrators.
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Drafting commercial agreements including loan and security agreements.
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Drafting Statutory Demands and advising clients on the appropriate debt recovery process to be utilised.