Our specialists explain what director disqualification is, the consequences of it and the Insolvency Service’s investigations into a director’s conduct of an insolvent company.
Company directors have legal duties and responsibilities when dealing with the affairs of a company.
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The High Court has handed down its judgment in a preliminary issues trial in Yodel Delivery Network Ltd v Corlett & Ors on 19 December 2025, dismissing counterclaims by Shift Global Holdings Ltd (Shift) and Corja Holdings Ltd (Corja) for specific performance of purported share warrant rights, which they had said entitled them to more than 54% of Yodel’s issued share capital in the battle for control of the home delivery company.
On January 20, 2026, the United States Supreme Court issued its unanimous 9-0 opinion written by Justice Alito with a concurrence by Justice Sotomayor in Coney Island Auto Parts Unlimited, Inc. v. Burton and addressed whether vacating a void judgment has a time limit. Prior to the decision, there was an 11-1 circuit split, and the majority view had been that parties were permitted to move to vacate void judgments irrespective of how much time had passed.
This is the second in a series of discussions about insurance issues unique to the Lone Star State.
Here’s a question about the new Uniform Assignment for Benefit of Creditors Act (the “Uniform ABC Act”):
- Is a liquidation under the Uniform ABC Act a good thing or a bad thing for the debtor’s unsecured trade creditors?
The answer is easy: it’s a good thing.
Structuring royalties as interests in land can provide significant protection in subsequent insolvency proceedings, but a recent decision from the Court of Appeal of Alberta underscores that technicalities may trump intentions. In Invico Diversified Income Limited Partnership v.
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Introduction
はじめに
2025年6月13日、「円滑な事業再生を図るための事業者の金融機関等に対する債務の調整の手続等に関する法律」（以下「早期事業再生法」又は「法」といいます。）が公布されました。早期事業再生法は、公正中立な第三者機関と裁判所が関与する形で多数決（議決権の総額の4分の3以上の同意等）による債務整理を新たに認めるものであり、日本の事業再生の実務に重要な影響を与えるものです。
早期事業再生法の公布を受け、2025年9月、産業構造審議会経済産業政策新機軸部会事業再構築小委員会の下に「早期事業再生検討ワーキンググループ」（WG）が設置され、事業再生の専門家を委員※1に加え、制度の詳細や運用について検討が進められています。同WGは2025年10月から12月にかけて3度開催され、同年12月26日、中間整理が公表されました※2。中間整理では経済産業省令で定められる内容やQ&Aで明確にすべき内容について提案されており、制度の内容や運用について理解する上で重要な意義を有します。そこで、本ニュースレターでは、中間整理の主な内容を紹介します。
2026 will see an increase in Hong Kong disputes over fraud claims, cryptocurrency and insolvency, greater judicial collaboration with mainland China, and further digital transformation of local court processes, according to the firm's Hong Kong litigation team.
"Hong Kong commercial litigation continues to deliver landmark decisions with global impact," said the firm's Head of China and local litigator Jojo Fan.