Between Two Trusts and a Hard Place: When a Liquidation Becomes More Than Just an Appointment

WIRV would like to again thank Gold Partner Rothwell Lawyers and Timothy Gorton, Barrister from the Victorian Bar for this insightful briefing on what happens when a routine liquidation unravels into a legal maze involving trusts, contested assets, and a director in unexpected decline?

In this session, barrister Timothy Gorton unpacked a recent and unusually intricate case involving:

• A company, acting as trustee for two separate trusts, placed into liquidation by court order;
• An urgent application to appoint the liquidator as receiver and manager over jointly held and individual trust assets;
• An injunction to prevent the company’s director from interfering with the liquidator’s duties;
• And a twist—legal and ethical challenges following the director’s sudden loss of capacity, raising questions around litigation guardianship.

The event was kindly hosted at 7:30am on 26 June 2025 at the Batman’s Hill on Collins – Yarra Room, 623 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000.