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Three’s a Crowd? The Thames Water Restructuring Plan(s)
  • In one of the most high-profile and hotly-watched cases in the London restructuring market, on 18 February 2025, the English High Court approved the restructuring plan proposed by Thames Water.
  • The Court gave permission to appeal the Court’s order to a group of challenging junior creditors, a subordinated creditor and Liberal Democrat MP Charlie Maynard, with the Court of Appeal due to sit from 11 to 13 March 2025.
USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, Companies Act 2006 (UK)
Corporate minds do not all think alike: The Supreme Court affirms a purposive approach to the corporate attribution doctrine

Two recent Supreme Court of Canada decisions demonstrate that the corporate attribution doctrine is not a one-size-fits-all approach.

Canada, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Supreme Court of Canada
Texas Bankruptcy Court Rules on Liability Management Transactions and “Required Lender” Status in In re Robertshaw US Holding Corp.

On June 20, 2024, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (the “Court”) issued a memorandum decision and order in the adversary proceeding involving Robertshaw US Holding Corp.

USA, Texas, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Court of Appeal summaries (April 15 - April 19)

Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of April 15, 2024.

Canada, Ontario, Company & Commercial, Family, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Blaney McMurtry LLP, Abbott Laboratories, European Securities and Markets Authority, Supreme Court of Canada, Court of Appeal for Ontario
There’s Something About (Hail) Mary: Appeals of Sale Processes and Pre-Receivership Sale Agreements

Court approval of a sale process in receivership or Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (“BIA”) proposal proceedings is generally a procedural order and objectors do not have an appeal as of right; they must seek leave and meet a high test in order obtain it. However, in Peakhill Capital Inc. v.

Canada, Ontario, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Court of Appeal summaries (January 15 - January 19)

Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of January 15, 2024.

Canada, USA, Ontario, Banking, Company & Commercial, Derivatives, Family, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Real Estate, Blaney McMurtry LLP, Due diligence, Barclays, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (USA), FERC, HSBC, Bank of Nova Scotia, Competition Act 1985 (Canada), Supreme Court of Canada, Court of Appeal for Ontario
Court of Appeal summaries (December 18-22)

Good afternoon. Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of December 18, 2023.

Canada, Ontario, Banking, Company & Commercial, Environment & Climate Change, Insolvency & Restructuring, Insurance, Litigation, Personal Injury, Real Estate, Blaney McMurtry LLP, Due diligence, ESG, Court of Appeal for Ontario
Court of Appeal summaries (September 4 - September 8)

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.

Canada, USA, Ontario, Family, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Blaney McMurtry LLP, Bankruptcy, Court of Appeal for Ontario
Court of Appeal summaries (August 28 - September 1)

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.

Canada, Ontario, Banking, Company & Commercial, Family, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Public, Real Estate, Blaney McMurtry LLP, Confidential information, Court of Appeal for Ontario
Court of Appeal summaries (July 17 - July 21, 2023)

Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of July 17, 2023.

Canada, USA, Ontario, Banking, Company & Commercial, Family, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Blaney McMurtry LLP, Due diligence, Court of Appeal for Ontario, British Columbia Supreme Court