The Supreme Court in the case of Laxmi Pat Surana vs Union Bank of India & Anr. [Civil Appeal No. 2734 of 2020] (“Laxmi Pat”) has settled the issue of the applicability of Section 18 of the Limitation Act, 1963 (“LimitationAct”) to applications for initiation of insolvency proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“IBC”).
The conflict between Insolvency and Arbitration is almost of near polar extremes. The difference in focus of the two was well illustrated in Re United States Lines Inc[1] as a:
INTRODUCTION:
Karen McMaster, Ben Andrews and James Cameron, Milbank LLP
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Cristóbal Eyzaguirre B, Rodrigo Ochagavía R-T and Santiago Bravo S, Claro & Cia
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DJ Miller, Thornton Grout Finnigan
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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.
Discussion points
Luiz Fernando Valente de Paiva, Giuliano Colombo, Andre Marques, Carolina Kiyomi Iwamoto and Ana Beatriz Araujo Ribeiro do Valle, Pinheiro Neto Advogados
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Adrián Thery, Borja García-Alamán, Juan Verdugo and Juan María Jiménez, Garrigues
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Ken Baird, Mark Liscio, Samantha Braunstein, Katharina Crinson and Kevin Connolly, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
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Job van Hooff and Sophie Beerepoot, Stibbe
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