This is the second litigation involving the furlough scheme in the insolvency context, following on from Re Carluccio's (in administration). Please refer to our note on Carluccio's for background reading on how the furlough scheme weaves into insolvency law.

Issue

In the first litigation involving the Furlough scheme, the court in Re Carluccio's (in administration) ruled on how the administrators can lawfully give effect to furlough arrangements with the employees who have agreed to the variation of their employment contract.

Read on for our analysis of the case which gives an interesting insight into how the courts in the future might interpret the furlough scheme.

1. Background

Carluccio’s in administration

GENERAL INSOLVENCY LANDSCAPE IN GERMANY PRE-COVID-19

Without undue delay upon occurrence of illiquidity or overindebtedness, at the latest within three weeks, members of the representing body of a legal entity have to apply for the opening of insolvency proceedings over the assets of such entity

INSOLVENCY REASONS:

CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE – INTRODUCING FLEXIBILITY TO DIRECTORS' DUTIES?

IN LIGHT OF COVID-19, THE UK GOVERNMENT RECENTLY ANNOUNCED ITS INTENTION TO TEMPORARILY SUSPEND THE OFFENCE OF WRONGFUL TRADING BY DIRECTORS OF UK COMPANIES. THIS WILL INEVITABLY HAVE A WIDE-RANGING EFFECT ON BOTH DIRECTORS AND CREDITORS.

Liberado el segundo tramo de la lnea ICO de avales para paliar los efectos econmicos del COVID-19, aprobada por el Real Decreto-ley 8/2020 (RDL 8/2020), se discute an estos das sobre la compatibilidad de estas garantas con operaciones de refinanciacin y reestructuracin de deuda.

En concreto, se plantean dudas que se concretan en tres momentos temporales:

Last week, the Government announced a number of measures to provide financial support to businesses struggling with the impact of COVID-19, including two new Government-backed funding schemes.

Addleshaw Goddard is monitoring those measures closely, with our latest updates found here.

Notwithstanding, it is inevitable that we will see more companies collapse over the coming months, as they struggle to cope with the indefinite business disruption.

La Dirección General de los Registros y del Notariado se pronunció en esta resolución sobre la posibilidad de que el nombramiento del representante persona física de una sociedad nombrada administradora se realice a través de un apoderado de ésta, sobre la necesidad de que conste la aceptación del representante persona física y sobre la naturaleza de esta figura.

Los administradores responden de las deudas contraídas por la sociedad tras la aparición de una causa de disolución si no promueven la ordenada disolución y liquidación. Sin embargo, esta obligación se refiere a las deudas surgidas durante su cargo, de manera que no les son imputables las deudas originadas antes de su nombramiento como administradores, aunque al acceder al cargo la sociedad ya estuviera en causa de disolución.

Systems Building Services Group Ltd, Re [2020] EWHC 54 (Ch)

Liquidation is not a panacea for the relevance and application of directors' duties. A practical example of which involves a director of a company in insolvency procuring and agreeing to an off-market sale of a property to himself by a rogue IP at a price which he knew to be a significant undervalue.

La Sentencia del Tribunal Supremo nº1246/2019, de 25 de septiembre anula el art. 197 bis del RD 1065/2007, de 27 de julio por entender que no cuenta con habilitación legal, de modo que la potestad de dictar una liquidación de los elementos de la deuda tributaria vinculados al delito no ampara suficientemente la posibilidad de pasar tanto de culpa o remitir el expediente al Ministerio Fiscal en cualquier momento, incluso cuando ya se ha dictado la liquidación o se ha impuesto la sanción.