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What section 380A means for administrators

We recently achieved a significant milestone by obtaining permission from the Royal Court of Guernsey for Joint Administrators to make a distribution to unsecured creditors during an administration. This marks the first order granted under section 380A of the Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

  • The application process and evidence required by the JFSC for a migration
  • Consideration of a migration application by the JFSC
  • Effects of granting a certificate of continuance and a migration overseas

The object of this guide is to provide clients of Walkers with information on the process involving the migration of companies to and from Jersey.

Migration to Jersey

When individuals and certain entities (such as partnerships, trusts and other unincorporated bodies) have debts that they are unable to repay to their creditors, they may consider or be faced with bankruptcy, which is known as sequestration in Scotland. However, sequestration is just one avenue. Alternative statutory debt solutions are available, which can provide breathing space and allow debts to be repaid over time, without creditor pressure.

Although the law, rules and procedures governing corporate insolvency in Scotland and England and Wales are similar in many respects, Scotland has a separate legal system and there are some important differences in the provisions and rules applicable north and south of the border. The differences include: