The Supreme Court’s decision in Bresco Electrical Services Ltd v Michael J Lonsdale (Electrical) Ltd [2020] UKSC 25 (17 June 2020) has been eagerly anticipated.
The appeal raised important questions about the compatibility of adjudication with the operation of insolvency set-off. The Supreme Court allowed the appeal, deciding that a liquidator was entitled to refer an insolvent company’s claims to adjudication where there were cross-claims between the parties.
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School specialty, Inc., files bankruptcy in Delaware seeking to sell substantially all of its assets
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On October 17, 2012, Back Yard Burgers, Inc.
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