In the recent decision in Carlos Sevilleja Garcia v Marex Financial Limited,1 the Court of Appeal helpfully summarised the justifications for the English law rule against claims for reflective loss and confirmed that the rule applies equally to unsecured creditors of a company as it does to shareholders.
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United Kingdom, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Dechert LLP, Unsecured debt, Court of Appeal (England and Wales)
Our October 2010 DechertOnPoint “FDIC Begins Action on Its Super-Resolution Rules for Covered Financial Companies” discussed how systemi-cally significant non-bank financial companies (“covered financial compa-nies”) may find themselves in unknown territory if the FDIC is appointed re-ceiver for them.
USA, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Dechert LLP, Security (finance), Board of directors, Personal property, General counsel, Good faith, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (USA), Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 2010 (USA), Title 11 of the US Code