Telephone: +61 3 9225 6756
Secretary: Jane Francis +61 3 9225 6075
Email: joshua.kohn@vicbar.com.au
Fax: +61 3 9670 5756
Clerk: Foley's List
Profile
Joshua Kohn specialises in corporations, insolvency, commercial, banking and property law. He is an author of Butterworths “Bankruptcy Law and Practice” and has completed a Master of Laws focusing on the effectiveness of Australian voluntary administration laws.
He regularly advises and has appeared for:
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Administrators, receivers, trustees in bankruptcy and liquidators in all issues including applications to set aside statutory demands, contested winding-up applications, unfair preferences, uncommercial transactions, trading whilst insolvent and other voidable transactions.
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Creditors and debtors of insolvent companies and individuals.
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Directors in relation to breach of directors’ duties and trading whilst insolvent.
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Liquidators, officers and other persons in public examinations of the examinable affairs of corporations and individuals.
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Liquidators and directors in relation to ASIC investigations.
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Creditors and debtors in applications to set aside bankruptcy notices and contested creditor petitions.
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Directors and shareholders in oppression proceedings.
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Trustees in bankruptcy in proceedings to recover property.
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Banks and other financial institutions in enforcing security interests (such as mortgages, charges and guarantees) and in banker/customer disputes.
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Insurers in relation to indemnity issues generally and professional indemnity (including advising and appearing on behalf of liquidators, valuers, accountants, auditors and lawyers).
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Lessors and lessees in disputes arising between them including proceedings for possession, relief against forfeiture and rectification.
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Vendors and purchasers of property and businesses.
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Corporations and individuals in contract disputes including share sale agreements.
Joshua regularly appears in NSW, ACT, QLD and WA.
Victorian Bar Committee memberships
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Supreme Court - Corporations & Commercial Court Users' Group
Admitted to the Legal Profession:
23 Feb 2004
Signed Victorian Bar Roll:
11 May 2006
Qualifications:
LLM, LLB, BSc (Hon)
Also entitled to practise in:
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Federal Court of Australia
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Federal Courts
Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation.