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Recent Publications

Book

  • L Widdup, Personal Property Securities Act, concepts in practice (LexisNexis New Zealand, 4th ed, 2016).

Articles

  • L Widdup, “Function, Form, Fixed, Floating and Forge:  Filtering Out Pre-PPSA Concepts in a Post-PPSA World” (2019) 47 Australian Business Law Review 405.
  • L Widdup, “Constructive Trusts, Proceeds and the Priority Rules under the PPSA” (2019) 30 Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice 141.
  • L Widdup, “The PPSA and the general law: How do they work together?” (May 2019) Brief, Vol 46, No. 4, pp 30-40.
  • L Widdup, “Registration errors, priority rules and the policy behind the PPSA: In pursuit of certainty or fairness” (2016) 44 Australian Business Law Review 175.
  • L Widdup, “The Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) – Where is the fraud exception?” (2016) 22 Canterbury Law Review 22.
  • L Widdup, “The vesting of security interests under the PPSA: a critical look at the critical time” (2015) 24 Australian Property Law Journal 345.
  • L Widdup, “Operating leases as second-tier security interests: A continuing case for nemo dat under the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth)” (2013) 22 Australian Property Law Journal 114.
  • L Widdup, “The Personal Property Securities Act 2009: impact on the resources industry” [2011] AMPLA Yearbook 426.
  • L Widdup, “Personal Property Securities Legislation: What happens when a company becomes insolvent? Lessons from Canada and New Zealand” (2011) 22 Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice 270.

Seminar Papers

  • “The PPSA and the general law: How do they work together?” presented at the Law Society of Western Australia CPD Program Property Law Update, 20 March 2019” in Perth, Western Australia.
  • “A cross-jurisdictional look at ‘regularly engaged in the business of leasing goods’ under the PPSA: What does ‘regular’ mean?” presentation at the Commercial Law Conference Honouring Professor RCC Cuming, 18-19 November 2016, Saskatoon, Canada.
  • “Central Features of the PPSA” presentation to the judges, masters and registrars of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, 22 October 2016.
  • “The Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) – Where is the fraud exception” presentation at the 13th Australasian Property Law Teachers Conference 2016 Protecting Property through Legislative and Technological Change, 14-15 April 2016, Christchurch, New Zealand.
  • “The PPSA – Not Yet Come of Age” presentation at Law Society Western Australia’s Law Summer School 2016, 26 February 2016, Perth, Western Australia.
  • “A general standard of good faith conduct under the PPSA” presented at Personal Property Security Law: Local and Global Perspectives 20-21 February 2013, Adelaide, Australia.
  • “Vested Interests? Subleasing and other multi-tiered security interests” at 2012 Annual Conference of the Banking and Financial Services Law Association, 5-6 August 2012 in Queenstown, New Zealand.
  • “The Personal Property Securities Act 2009 and its impact on the resources industry” presented at 2011 National Conference of AMPLA (The Resources and Energy Law Association), 20-21 October 2011 in Melbourne, Australia.

Seminar Presentations

  • “PPSA – Tips for Practice” presented at Legalwise (Continuing Professional Development) Commercial Law Conference, 13 September 2016 in Perth, Australia.
  • “PPSA – Some Developments” presented at the Law Society of Western Australia CPD Program, 1 September 2016” in Perth, Australia.
  • “PPSA – Important New Changes” presented at Legalwise (Continuing Professional Development) seminar on Contract Disputes in Construction, 18 November 2015 in Perth, Australia.
  • “PPSA Latest Developments” presented for Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand, 5 November 2015 in Perth, Australia.
  • “PPSA in Commercial Transactions” presented at Legalwise (Continuing Professional Development) seminar, 12 March 2015 in Perth, Australia.
  • “Personal Properties Review Process and the Current Climate: What’s Happening? ” presented at Legalwise (Continuing Professional Development) seminar, 10 September 2014 in Perth, Australia.
  • “PPSA – Transactions on the Periphery” presented at Legalwise (Continuing Professional Development) seminar, 6 March 2014 in Perth, Australia.
  • “PPSA, still confused? Documentation issues” presented at Legalwise (Continuing Professional Development), 29 August 2013 in Perth, Australia.
  • “PPSA concepts and terminology revisited” presented at Law Society of Western Australia (Continuing Professional Development) seminar Personal Property Securities Update, 6 February 2013.
  • “PPSA after commencement: asset finance, the purchase money security interest and priority” presented at Legalwise (Continuing Professional Development), 28 August 2012 in Perth, Australia.
  • “Registration issues under the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth): learning from Canadian and New Zealand experiences” presented at Law Society of Western Australia (Continuing Professional Development) seminar PPSA in Action, 10 February 2012 in Perth, Australia.
  • “The Personal Property Securities Act 2009: An update for litigators” presented at Legalwise (Continuing Professional Development) Commercial Litigation Practice Update, 15 March 2012 in Perth, Australia.
  • “Implications of the Personal Property Securities Act (2009) for property lawyers” presented at Law Society of Western Australia (Continuing Professional Development) Property Law Update, 21 March 2012 in Perth, Australia.
  • “What happens when a company becomes insolvent under the PPSA: Lessons from Canada and New Zealand” presented at LexisNexis Personal Property Securities 2011 seminar, 2 June 2011 in Sydney, Australia.

Older Publications and Presentations

  • L Widdup, “Delivery and control of investment property, adjusting to new methods of perfection under Canadian PPSAs” (October 2009) in Company and Securities Law Bulletin (Wellington, LexisNexis).
  • L Widdup, “Leases and proceeds under the PPSA: a comment on New Zealand Bloodstock v. Waller (February 2006) in Company and Securities Law Bulletin (Wellington: LexisNexis Butterworths).
  • L Widdup and T Telfer, “Remedies under the Personal Property Security Act” (December 2004) in Morison’s Company and Securities Law (Wellington: LexisNexis Butterworths).
  • L Widdup, “The Personal Property Securities Register—Are we being seriously misled?” (December 2002) in Company and Securities Law Bulletin, Issue 12 (Wellington: LexisNexis Butterworths).
  • L Widdup and T Telfer, “Priority between security interests” (December 2002) in Morison’s Company and Securities Law (Wellington: LexisNexis Butterworths).
  • L Widdup, “A Canadian perspective on Personal Property Security Act legislation” (August 2002) in Australian Banking and Finance Law Bulletin Vol 18, No. 2 (Chatswood: LexisNexis Butterworths).
  • L Widdup and T Telfer, “Scope of the Personal Property Securities Act 1999” (August 2002) 1149-1171 in Morison’s Company and Securities Law (Wellington: LexisNexis Butterworths).
  • L Widdup and T Telfer, “Creation and enforceability of security interests” (August 2002) 1181-1201 in Morison’s Company and Securities Law (Wellington: LexisNexis Butterworths).
  • L Widdup, “Insights into the PPSA” (Sept 2001) in New Zealand Law Journal 326 (Wellington: LexisNexis Butterworths).
  • L Widdup and L Mayne, “PPSA controversy” (March 2001) in New Zealand Law Journal 51 (Wellington: LexisNexis Butterworths).
  • L Widdup, “The aftermath of New Bullas and beyond Brumark Investments” in (2000) 11 Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice 247 (Pyrmont, Australia: LBC Information Services).
  • L Widdup and L Mayne, “New Zealand’s Personal Property Securities Act 1999, some debatable issues” in (2000) 11 Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice 156 (Pyrmont, Australia: LBC Information Services).
  • “The Personal Property Securities Act” presented at LexisNexis Butterworths Professional Development Seminar on (March 2001), Wellington, New Zealand.
  • “Personal Property Security Law Reform in New Zealand” presented at the 2000 Annual Conference of the
  • Banking and Financial Services Law Association, Brisbane, Australia.

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