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Alberta Court of Appeal Declines to Find Manitok is Distinguishable from Redwater

The Alberta Court of Appeal (the “ABCA”)’s anticipated decision in Manitok Energy Inc (Re), 2022 ABCA 117 (“Manitok”) confirmed that the sales proceeds of a debtor estate’s valuable petroleum and natural gas assets that are subject environmental claims including, notably, abandonment and reclamation obligations, must first be applied to abandonment and reclamation obligations, even where such assets are “unrelated” to the abandonment and reclamation obligations.

Canada, Alberta, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Supreme Court of Canada, Court of Appeal of Alberta
Les frais de démobilisation encourus par le locateur d’un bien loué selon un contrat résilié lors des procédures d’insolvabilité doivent-ils être payés par la débitrice?

Dans l’affaire de la Loi sur les arrangements avec les créanciers des compagnies relative à Nemaska Lithium, la Cour supérieure du Québec rend une décision intéressante en ce qui concerne la possibilité pour une débitrice de résilier des contrats auxquels elle est partie et sur son obligation, le cas échéant, de payer à son cocontractant les frais qu’il doit encourir pour reprendre possession de biens loués.

Canada, Insolvency & Restructuring, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act 1933 (Canada)
Are demobilization costs incurred by the lessor of property leased pursuant to an agreement which was disclaimed during insolvency proceedings to be paid by the debtor?

In the matter of the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act of Nemaska Lithium, the Québec Superior Court rendered an interesting decision regarding the possibility for a debtor to disclaim agreements and its obligation, if any, to pay its counterparty the costs it must incur to repossess leased property.

Background: Nemaska Lithium disclaims a housing modules rental agreement

Canada, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Coal mining, Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act 1933 (Canada)
Quebec Court of Appeal decision in Bluberi CCAA proceedings

PLAN SPONSOR ENTITLED TO VOTE AS CREDITOR AND CREDITOR APPROVAL REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT LITIGATION FUNDING AGREEMENT.

Canada, Quebec, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act 1933 (Canada), Quebec Court of Appeal