In another successful update from Somerset Ryckmans, the firm acted for the Warringah Bowling Club Ltd in an urgent application in the Federal Court of Australia to terminate a voluntary administration.

We were successful in:

1) Removing the external administrators from office; and

2) Obtaining a personal costs order against the external administrators.

This case illustrates that external administrators should not continue an external administration in circumstances where an incoming lender had agreed to meet all of the company's liabilities, thereby rendering the company solvent.

Marc Ryckmans, Anna Kuznetsova and counsel, Ventry Gray were the fantastic team who achieved this great result for our client.

The two judgments of Stewart J are found in the links below.

Macpherson v Warringah Bowling Club Ltd, in the matter of Warringah Bowling Club Ltd (Administrators Appointed) [2025] FCA 1539

https://lnkd.in/guwma7G4

Macpherson v Warringah Bowling Club Ltd, in the matter of Warringah Bowling Club Ltd (No 2) [2025] FCA 1555

https://lnkd.in/gS33-NfA