In a significant recent judgment, the ADGM Court has clarified that it has jurisdiction to hear an action for fraudulent trading against the former directors of an onshore UAE company.
By way of background, NMC Healthcare LTD (NMC), and its various subsidiaries, were incorporated in onshore UAE. On 17 September 2020, NMC was redomiciled as an ADGM company. Shortly thereafter, on 27 September 2020, NMC was put into administration pursuant to the ADGM Insolvency Regulations 2015 and joint administrators (the Joint Administrators) appointed.
Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of April 15, 2024.
Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of January 15, 2024.
Good afternoon. Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of December 18, 2023.
Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of September 4, 2023.
In AssessNet Inc. v. Ferro Estate, the Court set aside an order dismissing the action, finding that the summary judgment motion judge had erred in determining the issue of discoverability of a claim against a trustee in bankruptcy.
Torgersrud v Lightstone is a family law decision where the Court dismissed an appeal from an order setting aside a marriage contract entered into in Quebec in 1988.
Good afternoon. Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of August 28, 2023.
I hope everyone is enjoying the last long weekend of the summer.
Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation v. Canada (Attorney General) is a 125-page decision dealing with the claim of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation to submerged lands in Lake Huron and Georgian Bay. The claim was mostly unsuccessful.
Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of July 17, 2023.
Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of May 22, 2023.
Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Ontario Court of Appeal for the week of April 24, 2023.
Over the past year or so, we have seen a number of examples of Dubai Courts taking an extremely cautious approach to handling debtor-led bankruptcy cases, particularly in relation to determining whether there is a legitimate distressed financial position and enquiring as to the conduct of managers leading to the bankruptcy of companies.