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High Court decides that enforcement in a foreign jurisdiction cannot be effected against an Australian bankrupt

Earlier this month, the High Court of Australia unanimously decided that a judgment creditor cannot apply for a certificate to effect enforcement overseas in circumstances where the judgment debtor is bankrupt.

The Background of the Case

In March 1992, several properties in central Prague, which had been seized by and vested in the state of Czechoslovakia after World War Two, were restored to one Jan Emil (the son of the owners of the properties), who resided in Melbourne, Australia.

Australia, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Bankruptcy, High Court of Australia
Certain Companies that May be Subject to FDIC Orderly Liquidation Authority under Dodd-Frank are Now Subject to Qualified Financial Contract Recordkeeping Requirements

Companies that the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) believes may be subject to FDIC receivership under the Orderly Liquidation Authority contained in Title II of the Dodd-Frank Act, and certain of their affiliates, are now subject to recordkeeping requirements related to their “qualified financial contracts”1 (QFCs).

USA, Banking, Capital Markets, Insolvency & Restructuring, Dechert LLP, Depository institution, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (USA), Financial Stability Oversight Council, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 2010 (USA)