Insolvency · Sydney & NSW
A statutory demand, a liquidator letter, or a solvency problem you can see coming. You get a NSW solicitor who has acted in the Supreme and Federal Courts, with AI-assisted analysis that produces a real answer inside the very short windows insolvency law allows.
Is this you?
Insolvency law runs on hard deadlines and personal liability. The window in which advice is genuinely useful is almost always earlier than directors expect.
Any of these apply? A thirty minute consultation costs nothing and will tell you what your real position is. Call 0480 893 317 or request a call back.
Scope of work
We act for directors under pressure and for creditors trying to get paid. Knowing how the other side runs these matters is most of the advantage.
Time critical
Insolvency carries the shortest and least forgiving deadlines in commercial law. Some of them cannot be extended by any court, for any reason.
The application and the supporting affidavit must both be filed and served within 21 days of service. This period cannot be extended. Miss it and your company is presumed insolvent.
Comply, or apply to set it aside, within 21 days of service. Failing to do so is an act of bankruptcy on which a creditor can build a petition.
Counted from the date on the notice, not the day you opened it. Take one of the available steps in time or the company tax debt becomes yours personally.
Safe harbour depends on steps taken while a better outcome is still reasonably likely, and on tax and employee lodgments being up to date. It cannot be applied retrospectively.
Lawyer-led, AI-assisted
Insolvency arguments are built out of transaction data. Solvency analysis, preference calculations and running account defences all come down to reconciling long ledgers against dates. Done by hand that work is slow, expensive, and frequently too slow for a 21 day deadline.
Ledgers and statements are analysed at speed, so a genuine dispute or offsetting claim can be identified and drafted well inside the statutory window.
Running account and good faith defences turn on the transaction pattern. Reconstructing that pattern quickly often reduces a liquidator claim substantially.
The reason directors get advice too late is cost. A lower cost base means the solvency conversation can happen while safe harbour and restructuring are still open.
Typical task times, Law Flow compared with a traditional firm
| Task | Other firms | Law Flow | Saving |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract review | 4 to 6 hrs | 30 to 45 mins | ~80% |
| Legal research | 10+ hrs | 2 hrs | ~80% |
| Initial drafting | 2 to 3 hrs + | 30 mins or less | ~75% |
Law Flow runs with low staff and office overheads, using AI in place of junior employees and virtual meeting spaces instead of commercial offices. The savings are passed on to you. Figures are indicative and vary with the matter.
Tell us what you are dealing with and you will get a scope and a price for the next step, not an hourly estimate.
Book A ConsultationHow it works
Thirty minutes with Tristan, not an intake officer. You explain the situation, he tells you where you stand and what the deadlines are.
You get a written scope and a price for the next stage before any work starts. No open-ended retainer, no surprise invoices.
The documents, ledgers and authorities are processed at speed, then reviewed by your solicitor. This is the stage traditional firms bill hardest.
Advice, negotiation, drafting and advocacy are done by the lawyer with carriage of your file, and you deal with him directly throughout.
Cost
Insolvency advice is worth the most at exactly the point when money is tightest. We price it so that getting advice early is a realistic decision rather than a luxury.
Thirty minutes to identify your deadline, your exposure and the options genuinely available.
Statutory demand responses, preference claim reviews and DPN advice are commonly quoted as a fixed fee.
Court work is quoted stage by stage, with an honest view on whether the recovery justifies the spend.
Your lawyer
Tristan Burt
Principal Solicitor
Tristan is the person who listens to your situation, understands your goals and builds the strategy. He is a NSW registered solicitor with years of experience from top-tier firms across Australia, Asia and Europe, and has built Law Flow’s AI systems to amplify his judgement, not replace it. He is the ultimate decision maker on your matter.
Common questions
No. The period under section 459G of the Corporations Act cannot be extended by the court. The originating process and the supporting affidavit must both be filed and served within 21 days of service of the demand. If that passes, your company is presumed insolvent and the fight moves to much harder ground.
Not necessarily. Unfair preference claims are frequently overstated. The running account defence, the good faith defence, and errors in the relation-back period regularly reduce or defeat them. It turns on the transaction history, which is the first thing we analyse.
Generally no, with important exceptions. Insolvent trading under section 588G, director penalty notices for unpaid tax and superannuation, personal guarantees and certain loan accounts can each create personal exposure. Working out which of those apply to you is usually the first thing we do.
Safe harbour can protect a director from insolvent trading liability while they develop a course of action reasonably likely to lead to a better outcome than administration or liquidation. It carries conditions, including keeping employee entitlements and tax lodgments up to date, and it depends on steps taken at the time rather than afterwards. The earlier you ask, the more likely it is available.
Yes. We issue and enforce statutory demands, run winding up applications, represent creditors in administrations and deeds of company arrangement, and advise on proofs of debt and voting strategy.
Next step
Thirty minutes with the solicitor who would run your matter. Have the demand, notice or liquidator letter in front of you and we will identify your deadline on the call.
