We all know 2020 made an impact – and as we look at the year ahead, there are a few repercussions of the incredible strain placed on businesses that are likely to come into the limelight as a result. While there are some global trends in litigation – like litigation funding and class actions - some Scotland specific trends are also worth highlighting. With that in mind, here are the five key things for litigators to watch in the year ahead:
1) Frustration and leases in Scots law
I have obviously been a good boy this year because my gift from the Insolvency Service has arrived - the November 2020 Insolvency statistics. And like any properly brought up child, I decided to sneak a peek at my present before Christmas Day.
What the numbers show us is a continuation of the trend that the previous figures disclosed - corporate insolvencies remain markedly lower than the equivalent period last year. In Scotland in particular this is driven by a massive reduction in the number of compulsory liquidations this year (Nov 2019 - 56; Nov 2020 - 13).
Karen McMaster, Ben Andrews and James Cameron, Milbank LLP
This is an extract from the 2020 edition of GRR's the Europe, Middle East and Africa Restructuring Review. The whole publication is available here.
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Cristóbal Eyzaguirre B, Rodrigo Ochagavía R-T and Santiago Bravo S, Claro & Cia
This is an extract from the 2021 edition of GRR's The Americas Restructuring Review. The whole publication is available here.
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DJ Miller, Thornton Grout Finnigan
This is an extract from the 2021 edition of GRR's The Americas Restructuring Review. The whole publication is available here.
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This chapter highlights the flexible nature of Canada’s restructuring regime, where creative solutions to novel and complex issues are welcomed by the judiciary.
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Luiz Fernando Valente de Paiva, Giuliano Colombo, Andre Marques, Carolina Kiyomi Iwamoto and Ana Beatriz Araujo Ribeiro do Valle, Pinheiro Neto Advogados
This is an extract from the 2021 edition of GRR's The Americas Restructuring Review. The whole publication is available here.
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Adrián Thery, Borja García-Alamán, Juan Verdugo and Juan María Jiménez, Garrigues
This is an extract from the 2020 edition of GRR's the Europe, Middle East and Africa Restructuring Review. The whole publication is available here.
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Ken Baird, Mark Liscio, Samantha Braunstein, Katharina Crinson and Kevin Connolly, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
This is an extract from the 2021 edition of GRR's The Americas Restructuring Review. The whole publication is available here.
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Job van Hooff and Sophie Beerepoot, Stibbe
This is an extract from the 2020 edition of GRR's the Europe, Middle East and Africa Restructuring Review. The whole publication is available here.
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Patrick Gearon and Roger Elford, Charles Russell Speechlys
This is an extract from the 2020 edition of GRR's the Europe, Middle East and Africa Restructuring Review. The whole publication is available here.
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