This week’s TGIF examines a decision of the Victorian Supreme Court which found that several proofs had been wrongly admitted or rejected, and had correct decisions been made, the company would not have been put into liquidation.

BACKGROUND

This week’s TGIF considers a recent decision of the Victorian Court of Appeal where a company’s creditors successfully opposed an application by the company’s liquidators to compromise proceedings commenced on the company’s behalf.

In this week’s TGIF, we consider the dangers of being the last one standing in ‘mothership’ preference claims. In the recent decision of In the matter of Bias Boating Pty Limited (receivers and managers appointed) (in liquidation) [2019] NSWSC 47, Black J ordered costs against a number of defendants to a preliminary question of insolvency even though they did not participate in the hearing of that question.

This week’s TGIF covers the Federal Court’s refusal in Lock, in the matter of Cedenco JV Australia Pty Ltd (in liq) (No 2) [2019] FCA 93 to validate creditors’ resolutions fixing $5m+ of remuneration where creditors were given insufficient information; reduced remuneration to be fixed.

11 February orders refusing validation

This week’s TGIF considers Re Legend International Holdings Inc (In liq) [2018] VSC 789, the next chapter in the story of Legend International Holdings Inc, where the Court found a company to be insolvent on the basis of a foreign debt.

Ante el embargo de todos los saldos de las cuentas bancarias de la empresa por parte del Juzgado de lo Social, el administrador concursal solicita que sea el Juez de lo Mercantil el que se pronuncie sobre si los bienes a embargar son necesarios para la continuidad de la empresa. De ser así, el Juzgado de lo Social deberá esperar a la resolución mercantil antes de adoptar ninguna medida de embargo y habrá de devolver al administrador concursal las cantidades confiscadas.

El reconocimiento de la improcedencia del despido del trabajador en la fase de conciliación prejudicial implica asimismo el abono de la indemnización correspondiente al trabajador. Cuando, tras el acuerdo alcanzado, se intenta su ejecución pero la empresa declara su insolvencia, los trabajadores suelen recurrir al FOGASA para el cobro de las cantidades adeudadas.

This week’s TGIF considers Re Broens Pty Limited (in liq) [2018] NSWSC 1747, in which a liquidator was held to be justified in making distributions to creditors in spite of several claims by employees for long service leave entitlements.

What happened?

On 19 December 2016, voluntary administrators were appointed to Broens Pty Limited (the Company). The Company supplied machinery & services to manufacturers in aerospace, rail, defence and mining industries.

This week’s TGIF considers Australian Worldwide Pty Ltd v AW Exports Pty Ltd where the Court awarded security for costs against plaintiff companies in liquidation, despite a litigation funder’s indemnity against adverse costs.

Background

La competencia del orden social para declarar una sucesión de empresas en caso de adquisición de unidad productiva en concurso no parece albergar duda alguna para la Sala de lo Social del Tribunal Supremo. A tal fin, se imponen la aplicación de la norma laboral, las consecuencias derivadas sobre la responsabilidad solidaria de empresa adquirente y transmitente en toda su extensión —para contratos vigentes y deudas derivadas de contratos ya extinguidos— y la inviabilidad, en tal caso, de la exoneración contenida en el plan de liquidación.