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1. El Estatuto de los Trabajadores (LET) prevé en su artículo 50 la posibilidad de que el trabajador reclame la extinción de su contrato, entre otros motivos, por falta de pago o retrasos continuados por parte del empleador en el abono de los salarios pactados (art. 50.1b LET).

1. Excepción al principio rogatorio: la obligación de solicitar concurso de acreedores ante el incumplimiento empresarial generalizado de las obligaciones salariales y de Seguridad Social

  1. LÍMITE DE LOS CRÉDITOS POR SALARIO E INDEMNIZACIÓN EN EL PROCESO CONCURSAL
  1. Tanto el salario como las indemnizaciones por despido gozan de una serie de garantías en el art. 32 del Estatuto de los Trabajadores (LET).

In our e-updates of 20 January 2010 and 16 August 2010, we looked at decisions of the English and Scottish courts from December 2009 and August 2010 in which it was decided that, in England and Scotland respectively, the Administrators of a tenant company are bound to account to the landlord of premises for rent due in relation to the period during which those premises are being u

Our government has a longstanding commitment to cutting red tape. One of the ways of doing this it seems is to propose an Act of Parliament running to 153 pages. Thus we are presented with the Deregulation Bill.

A few of the provisions of this Bill relate to insolvency. The most significant are:

Appeal Judges in the Court of Session yesterday issued a decision directing that the liquidators of Scottish Coal Company (SCC) cannot abandon sites or disclaim statutory licences imposing obligations on the company.

A recent overruling by the Supreme Court has revoked the priority status of pension schemes issued with a Financial Support Direction (FSD) or Contribution Notice (CN) by the Pensions Regulator, following an insolvency event. Whilst the decision largely affects companies operating within England and Wales, Scottish Courts are expected to be guided by the ruling.

The 2011 decision