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The Madrid Provincial Court applied the doctrine of the Supreme Court judgment of April 30, 2014, no. 100/20148, and declared the rescission of a personal guarantee granted by the insolvent company to secure the loan granted by a credit institution to a related company.

The insolvency system established under Royal Decree-Law 5/2005 applies to interest rate swap agreements if they are subject to a contractual compensation agreement, even when there is only a financial transaction under that agreement. Any claims arising from these agreements that might have accrued after the declaration of insolvency will be charged against the insolvency estate.

The Council of State has issued a report regarding the request for a declaration of the administration’s financial liability made by a party expropriated for fair value in legal proceedings in view of the declaration of insolvency of the concessionaire benefitting from the expropriation.

Judgment of the Supreme Court of Justice No 15/2014, published in Diário da República (Portuguese official gazette) No 24 of 2014-12-22

Insolvency – Insolvency Administrator – Presumption of bad faith

Portaria (Ordinance) No 261/2014 - Diário da República (Portuguese official gazette) No 242/2014, Series I of 2014-12-16

Amending for the first time the Regulation of the Local Support and Micro-company Incentive Scheme.

Law No 79/2014 - Diário da República (Portuguese official gazette) No 245/2014, Series I of 2014-12-19

Reviewing the legal framework of urban lease.

Judgment of the Court of Appeal of Porto of 2014-11-06

Insolvency proceedings – Creditors of the insolvent debtor – Termination of proceedings – No need to adjudicate on the action

The High Court ruling in Schroder Exempt Property Unit Trust and another v Birmingham City Council [2014] EWHC 2207 provides helpful clarification on whether or not a landlord is liable  to pay business rates on an empty property following the liquidation of a tenant and the subsequent  disclaimer of the lease.

Background

The Official Journal of the European Union of July 31, 2014, published the European Commission Guidelines establishing the conditions under which state aid for rescuing and restructuring non-financial undertakings in difficulty can be considered compatible with the domestic market. The Commission has been applying these Guidelines since August

The lender’s credit in respect of the joint-and-several guarantor declared insolvent is contingent unless existence of p

Rescission of an extension to a mortgage granted by the insolvent company securing a preexisting debt of a company of its group