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Introduction
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.
This article first appeared in Volume 22, Issue 6 of International Corporate Rescue.
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- 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
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This is often a question for faced by office-holders of insolvent companies when investigating a company’s affairs, and more of a concern for former directors and shareholders when potentially facing a claim for the return of unlawful dividends or misfeasance.
TV rental business, Box Clever, was created as a joint venture between Granada (now ITV) and Thorn (now Carmelite).
The Box Clever business was later sold and administrative receivers were subsequently appointed over Box Clever companies.
The Pensions Regulator (“TPR”) issued Financial Support Directives (“FSDs”) against five ITV companies in relation to the Box Clever defined benefit pension scheme. ITV referred the determinations to the Upper Tribunal.