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Background

Jersey imposed travel restrictions in response to the Coronavirus crisis in March 2020 and has been operating a full lockdown for all residents, apart from essential workers, since 30 March.

The vast majority of employees in the Jersey financial services industry are now working from home and there has been no interruption to business continuity for the sector.

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Introduction

On 30 May 2018, Law No. 22 of 2018 with respect to the Reorganization and Bankruptcy Law (the Bankruptcy Law) was introduced in the Kingdom of Bahrain (Bahrain), repealing Legislative Decree No. 11 of 1987 with respect to the Bankruptcy and Composition Law (the Old Law). The Bankruptcy Law recently came into force on 7 December 2018 and represents a modern and extensive reformulation of the bankruptcy regime in Bahrain.

Application to debtors