Less than a year after it came into effect on 1 August 2016, the first judgment in relation to the Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 2010 (the TP Act 2010) has been handed down in the case of BAE Systems Pension Fund (Trustees) Limited (the Pension Fund) v Bowmer and Kirkland Limited and others (B&K).
If an employer is affected by an insolvency event the insolvency practitioner or official receiver is obliged to notify the trustees of the employer’s pension scheme, the Pensions Regulator, and the Pension Protection Fund of the fact of the insolvency event. Here, we provide an overview of the pensions issues arising from employer insolvency.
La Dirección General de Tributos, en dos recientes consultas vinculantes, concreta el momento en el que los propietarios de acciones de una sociedad en concurso de acreedores pueden computar las pérdidas patrimoniales experimentadas con motivo de tal situación.
La Dirección General de Tributos, en la consulta vinculante V0624-17, de 9 de marzo del 2017, analiza cuándo y cómo puede computar una pérdida patrimonial el propietario de unas acciones de una sociedad suspendida de cotización y en fase de liquidación en un procedimiento concursal.
After providing an overview of ongoing scheme funding in the last episode, here we delve deeper into contribution obligations when an employer departs from a scheme. We tackle issues including when an employer's debt is triggered, how much the debt is and explore lawful ways to avoid the debt.
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This month we consider the court's view on the extent to which firms' activities in handling complaints are themselves subject to adjudication by the Financial Ombudsman Service; the exercise of the court's discretion in refusing an unopposed application to annul a bankruptcy order; and more cases and issues affecting the industry:
The High Court considers the remit of the FOS's jurisdiction
What role does The Pensions Regulator have when pension schemes need protecting? In episode seven of Pensions in 30 Podcasts, we look further into contribution notices and financial support directions and when they can be brought into play.
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Key Points
Article 92 of the Spanish Insolvency Act (SIA) sets forth that claims held by related parties shall qualify as subordinated in the event of insolvency of the debtor.
La operación sobre los activos de una empresa que se prepara con anterioridad a la declaración de quiebra para ser ejecutada inmediatamente después de que se declare la quiebra (pre-pack) puede plantear problemas laborales.
So, you’re a lender who has a perfected security interest in a large pile of limestone aggregate at a cement plant. Another lender has a perfected security interest in a pile of clay at that same plant. The aggregate and clay are crushed, and then ground and blended with other ingredients, before being heated in a kiln to produce a substance called “clinker”.
Q: We've heard about the expiration of the “grandfather clause” (in French, clause grand-père) in the Cape Town Convention, whereby pre-existing rights and interests or their priorities in a State before the effective date of the Cape Town Convention in that State shall not be affected by the Cape Town Convention. We would like to know more details about:
1. Which article in the Cape Town Convention prescribes this rule?
2. Is this rule applicable in Canada?