In 2002 the Supreme Court of Canada, in Bank of Montreal v Dynex Petroleum Ltd, 2002 SCC 7 (Dynex) affirmed that gross overriding royalty interests (GOR) could constitute interest in land provided the parties so intended and that intention was sufficiently evidenced in an agreement.
Canada, Ontario, Energy & Natural Resources, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Supreme Court of Canada, Court of Appeal for Ontario, Ontario Superior Court of Justice
Proposed changes in Italian law mean that it should become easier to create certain types of security in Italy and to recover debt. The relevant law is Decree-law no. 59/2016 (“Urgent provisions on insolvency and executive procedures’’) which came into force on 4 May 2016 and which should be converted into binding law by early July.
The main changes introduced by the Decree are as follows:
Italy, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, King & Wood Mallesons, Debtor, Debt, Personal property, Default (finance), Secured loan