Summary
The Court of Appeal’s judgment in The Trustees of the Olympic Airlines SA Pension & Life Insurance Scheme v Olympic Airlines SA [2013] EWCA Civ 643 has clarified what is required to fall within the definition of an ‘establishment’ for the purposes of the EC Insolvency Regulation (the Insolvency Regulation).
European Union, United Kingdom, Aviation, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Pension Protection Fund, Pensions Act 2004 (UK), Court of Appeal of England & Wales
Summary
A recent court decision confirmed that transparent pre-pack sales can be used where they are in the best interests of the creditors as a whole. The court ruled that:
United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Unsecured debt, Debt, Liquidation, Precondition, HM Revenue and Customs (UK), UK Department of Trade and Industry, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform