Hong Kong, Capital Markets, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Reynolds Porter Chamberlain, Due diligence, Initial public offerings
Hong Kong, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Reynolds Porter Chamberlain, Court of First Instance (Hong Kong)
Hong Kong, Compliance Management, Construction, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Reynolds Porter Chamberlain, Bankruptcy, Contempt of court, Costs, Court of First Instance (Hong Kong)
- Introduction
- Recent case
- Court's obiter comments
- Comment
Introduction
The recent decision of the London Commercial Court in PJSC Tatneft v Gennady Bogolyubov & Ors [2018] EWHC 1314 (Comm) highlights the importance that the Court will attach to full asset disclosure by a respondent to ensure the effectiveness of a freezing order, even in circumstances where the value of a respondent’s assets exceeds the sum frozen by the order.
Freezing Orders: What Are They?
United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Dechert LLP, Asset freezing, High Court of Justice (England & Wales)
Hong Kong, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, RPC, Bankruptcy, Breach of contract, Negligence, Deloitte, Trustee, Court of Appeal of England & Wales, Court of Final Appeal (Hong Kong)
Hong Kong, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, RPC, Discovery, Ex parte, Liquidation, Writ, Liquidator (law), Deloitte, Singapore High Court
From 1 April 2016, conditional fee agreements (CFA), after the event premiums and success fees will no longer be recoverable in insolvency cases.
The legislative change is set to have the biggest impact on lower-value insolvency cases (damages less than £500,000 and legal costs lower than £200,000).