简介
最近在Re Hong Kong Bai Yuan International Business Co., Ltd [2022] HKCFI 960一案中,原讼法庭(「法院」)命令被告人(「该公司」)向呈请人(「呈请人」)偿还一项受仲裁协议涵盖的债务,否则将被颁令清盘。法院澄清,虽然法院在行使酌情权时会给予仲裁协议相当大的比重,但不一定将事情转交仲裁处理。
背景
呈请人于2021年6月10日提出呈请(「该呈请」),要求法院对该公司发出清盘令,理由是该公司未能遵守关于一项955,000欧元债务(「该债务」)的法定要求偿债书,因此根据香港法例第32章《公司(清盘及杂项条文)条例》(「该条例」)第178条被视为无力偿债。
簡介
最近在Re Hong Kong Bai Yuan International Business Co., Ltd [2022] HKCFI 960一案中,原訟法庭(「法院」)命令被告人(「該公司」)向呈請人(「呈請人」)償還一項受仲裁協議涵蓋的債務,否則將被頒令清盤。法院澄清,雖然法院在行使酌情權時會給予仲裁協議相當大的比重,但不一定將事情轉交仲裁處理。
背景
呈請人於2021年6月10日提出呈請(「該呈請」),要求法院對該公司發出清盤令,理由是該公司未能遵守關於一項955,000歐元債務(「該債務」)的法定要求償債書,因此根據香港法例第32章《公司(清盤及雜項條文)條例》(「該條例」)第178條被視為無力償債。
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In 2019, Congress enacted the Small Business Reorganization Act. This legislation created a new type of Chapter 11 reorganization under which certain businesses with total debts less than a certain threshold (currently $7.5 million) could reorganize. These provisions, known as Subchapter V eliminated certain requirements for confirmation of a reorganization plan and include other changes to make small business reorganization quicker and less expensive.
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This term, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan has authored a pair of opinions related to arbitration. The first of these decisions, Badgerow v. Walters, 20-1143, 142 S. Ct. 1310 (2022) came down on March 31, 2022, where Justice Kagan, writing for the 8/1 majority, held that a court must have an independent basis of federal jurisdiction to undertake a petition to confirm or vacate an arbitration award.
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Bankruptcy Basics for New and Non-Bankruptcy Attorneys
This entry is part of Nelson Mullins’s ongoing “Bankruptcy Basics” blog series that is intended to address foundational aspects of bankruptcy for non-bankruptcy practitioners and professionals. This entry will discuss lease rejection in chapter 11 bankruptcy cases.
Introduction
In the recent case of Trinity Concept Ltd (In Liq) v Wong Kung Sang (黃共生) [2022] 1 HKLRD 1388, the Court of First Instance (“Court”) dismissed the defendant’s application to strike out a claim for an account on the ground that the action was not commenced within the six-year limitation period under section 20(2) of the Limitation Ordinance (Cap. 347 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (“LO”).
Background
簡介
最近在Trinity Concept Ltd (In Liq) v Wong Kung Sang (黃共生) [2022] 1 HKLRD 1388一案中,原告人提出申索,要求被告人交代帳目。被告人以有關訴訟沒有在《時效條例》(香港法例第347章)第20(2) 條訂明的六年訴訟時效內提出為由,申請剔除原告人的申索,但被原訟法庭(「法院」)駁回。
背景
Trinity Concept Ltd(「原告人」)是一間正在清盤的公司,它控告其兩名前董事(「被告人」)違反受信責任,向第三方作出合共139筆付款而沒有妥當解釋(「可疑交易」)。原告人請求法院頒令被告人交代帳目,並在製備帳目後交出結欠的資產或付款,或命令被告人作出衡平法補償。被告人認為可疑交易距離令狀發出已超過六年,因此本案已喪失訴訟時效,應根據《時效條例》第4(2) 條予以駁回。
裁決
法院指出下列與剔除申請有關的重要問題:
简介
最近在Trinity Concept Ltd (In Liq) v Wong Kung Sang (黄共生) [2022] 1 HKLRD 1388一案中,原告人提出申索,要求被告人交代账目。被告人以有关诉讼没有在《时效条例》(香港法例第347章)第20(2) 条订明的六年诉讼时效内提出为由,申请剔除原告人的申索,但被原讼法庭(「法院」)驳回。
背景
Trinity Concept Ltd(「原告人」)是一间正在清盘的公司,它控告其两名前董事(「被告人」)违反受信责任,向第三方作出合共139笔付款而没有妥当解释(「可疑交易」)。原告人请求法院颁令被告人交代账目,并在制备账目后交出结欠的资产或付款,或命令被告人作出衡平法补偿。被告人认为可疑交易距离令状发出已超过六年,因此本案已丧失诉讼时效,应根据《时效条例》第4(2) 条予以驳回。
裁决
法院指出下列与剔除申请有关的重要问题: