On Wednesday 29 April the Outer House of the Court of Session in Edinburgh issued an opinion sanctioning two schemes of arrangement proposed by Premier Oil Plc and Premier Oil UK Limited (together, Premier Oil) (the Schemes). The Court addressed multiple grounds of challenge and did so without hearing live evidence, despite disputes of fact between the parties.
European Union, United Kingdom, Energy & Natural Resources, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
On July 14, 2009, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice released its decision in Canada (Attorney General) v. Reliance Insurance Company, an application regarding the allocation of surplus arising from the liquidation of the Canadian branch (Reliance Canada) of U.S.-based Reliance Insurance Company (Reliance U.S.), a property and casualty insurer that was itself in liquidation.
Canada, Ontario, Insolvency & Restructuring, Insurance, Litigation, Stikeman Elliott LLP, Dividends, Interest, Reinsurance, Liquidation, Substantive law, Liquidator (law), Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (Canada), KPMG, Minister of Justice (Canada), Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania