El 6 de septiembre se ha publicado en el Boletn Oficial del Estado la Ley 16/2022, de 5 de septiembre, de reforma del Texto Refundido de la Ley Concursal, que trae consigo importantes y profundas modificaciones en la norma vigente.
La modificacin entrar en vigor el 26 de septiembre de 2022, a los veinte das desde su publicacin, y afectar tanto a los procedimientos que se inicien tras la entrada en vigor de la norma como a algunas partes de aquellos que se hubieran abierto con anterioridad.
The Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) Scotland Act was passed by the Scottish Government on 28 June 2022 and enacted on 10 August 2022 (the "Act"). It makes two key changes to insolvency and diligence in Scotland.
Bankruptcy floor limit
In Scotland claims (e.g. the right to payment) are currently transferred by assignation followed by intimation (i.e. notice) of the transfer to the party which is under an obligation to perform the obligation (e.g. making a payment).
As regular readers of our blogs will know, a group claims procedure came into force in Scotland on 31 July 2020.
Los juzgados de primera instancia conocerán, entre otras, de las acciones colectivas previstas en la legislación sobre condiciones generales de la contratación y en la legislación sobre defensa de consumidores y usuarios.
Do landlords do get a good deal in CVAs? It would seem they do (if you don't read the small print…)
A few weeks ago we blogged that we were expecting RSM's research report, which was commissioned by the Insolvency Service, into the impact of CVAs on the landlords. The specific question in the research paper was: "are landlords equitably treated, compared to other creditors in large business CVAs?".
This series looks at the enforcement options available to creditors to recover sums due by a debtor in Scotland. In the previous edition we looked at Inhibition which is similar to a Charging Order in England. A reminder can be read here. In this edition, we now turn to look at how Earnings Arrestment operates in Scotland.
Recientes resoluciones judiciales han puesto en el foco la problemática aprobación judicial de una liquidación societaria cuando existe una situación de bloqueo por parte de alguno de los socios que impide adoptar acuerdos. Analizamos, a continuación, lo que han dicho los tribunales sobre los acuerdos sociales negativos y su posible impugnabilidad.
(SJM nº 13 de Madrid de 23 de marzo de 2021 y SAP de La Coruña de 1 de abril de 2022)
If you have fraudulently obtained Covid-19 financial support, such as a Bounce Back Loan, you must be pretty worried by recent headlines that show company directors being disqualified, fined and jailed.
There is a sense of "judgment fatigue" when it comes to decisions about the validity of an administrator's appointment or the extension of the administrator's time in office. However, the decision of Deputy ICC Judge Curl QC, in the case of Re E Realisations 2020 Limited, is worth paying attention to.