In a recent decision in the CCAA proceedings involving the Cannapiece Group, Mr. Justice Osborne of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice rejected an application for a reverse vesting order brought by the debtor companies and supported by the monitor.
En 2022, le marché canadien du capital d’investissement privé a connu plusieurs développements importants qui ont eu des répercussions sur l’activité transactionnelle dans tous les secteurs. À quelles grandes tendances peut-on s’attendre en 2023?
Le 3 novembre 2022, un projet de loi visant à accorder une priorité supplémentaire aux régimes de retraite dans le cadre des procédures d'insolvabilité a franchi une autre étape vers son adoption.
On November 3, 2022, new legislation aimed at providing additional priority to pensions in insolvency proceedings moved one step closer to becoming law.
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Injunctions
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Maritime
The Alberta Court of Appeal (the “ABCA”)’s anticipated decision in Manitok Energy Inc (Re), 2022 ABCA 117 (“Manitok”) confirmed that the sales proceeds of a debtor estate’s valuable petroleum and natural gas assets that are subject environmental claims including, notably, abandonment and reclamation obligations, must first be applied to abandonment and reclamation obligations, even where such assets are “unrelated” to the abandonment and reclamation obligations.
Overview and Why This Case Matters
It is now just over two years since the UK entered its first emergency Covid-19 induced lockdown. That caused the government to introduce radical emergency legislative measures, preventing landlords from taking certain legal action against their tenants, in a bid to protect businesses, the economy and jobs.
Restrictions on Landlords’ Remedies
On 16 March 2022, the Australian High Court handed down its decision in Wells Fargo Trust Company, National Association (As Owner Trustee) & Anor v VB Leaseco Pty Ltd (Administrators Appointed) & Ors [2022] HCA 8. This is the first judgment by a court of final appeal on the interaction between the Cape Town Convention and local insolvency laws.
Background