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The High Court has confirmed that it does not have a role in examining the reasonableness of a creditor’s vote on a personal insolvency arrangement when considering if a bankruptcy petition should be adjourned.

In a number of recent cases, debtors:

Insolvency practitioners often encounter difficulties when trying to sell properties in residential developments because an original management company has been struck off the Register of Companies. The standard approach can be laborious and costly. A more cost efficient alternative is often available.

En la disposición final tercera del Real Decreto Ley 6/2013, sin conexión evidente con el objeto principal de la norma, se introducen modificaciones en el artículo 36.4 de la Ley 9/2012 (de reestructuración de entidades de crédito), con el propósito de fortalecer la posición jurídica de la SAREB como adquirente masivo de los activos tóxicos de las entidades intervenidas.

1. El supuesto de hecho

InJ.D. Brian Ltd (in liquidation) & Others the High Court held that, where a floating charge crystallised prior to the commencement of a winding-up, the preferential creditors still had priority pursuant to in section 285 of the Companies Act 1963 over the holder of what had become a fixed charge.