The case of Re NMUL Realisations Limited (in administration) [2021] EWHC 94 (Ch) follows in the footsteps of the case of Re Tokenhouse VB Limited [2020] EWHC 3171 (Ch),where the Court considered whether a charge-holder’s failure to give notice of their intention to appoint administrators invalidates the appointment (see our previous blog here).

In response to the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, lawmakers very quickly started working on improving the legal framework to enhance existing and develop new restructuring instruments. Contrary to expectations, not that many restructurings actually took place in 2020, likely because of support made available to businesses.

Wir beziehen uns auf das Schreiben vom 19. Oktober 2020 betreffend die Eröffnung der Vernehmlassung zum Entwurf der Verordnung zur Anpassung des Bundesrechts an Entwicklungen der Technik verteilter elektronischer Register und bedanken uns bestens für die Gelegenheit zur Stellungna

Wir beziehen uns auf das Schreiben vom 19. Oktober 2020 betreffend die Erffnung der Vernehmlassung zum Entwurf der Verordnung zur Anpassung des Bundesrechts an Entwicklungen der Technik verteilter elektronischer Register und bedanken uns bestens fr die Gelegenheit zur Stellungnahme.

If two persons each become a debtor and creditor towards the other, they may declare that they mutually set off those claims. However, this general possibility can be significantly reduced when one of the debtors enters into bankruptcy proceedings.

In late June 2020, the UK’s Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act (the Act) became law.1

On 19 January 2021, in a plenary session of Parliament, three Statutes of material importance to economic agents doing business in Angola were approved, the publication of which in the Angolan Official Gazette is now awaited.

1. The "Law on the Legal Framework for Corporate Recovery and Insolvency" was unanimously approved.

The long-anticipated wave of civil enforcement actions involving participants in the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) has begun.

HEADLINES

• In March 2020, credit insurer Euler Hermes forecast a 43% increase in insolvencies in the UK in 2021, as well as a 26% uptick in France and 12% in Germany
• By December 2020, ratings agency S&P was forecasting European defaults rising to as much as 8% by the end of 2021

There have been fewer European insolvencies and restructurings than anticipated during the COVID-19 pandemic, but distressed deal activity may accelerate as soon as economies are finally able to reopen.

The bankruptcy trustee of a bank holding company was not entitled to a consolidated corporate tax refund when a bank subsidiary had incurred losses generating the refund, held the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on May 26, 2020. Rodriguez v. FDIC (In re United Western Bancorp, Inc.), 2020 WL 2702425(10th Cir May 26, 2020). On remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Tenth Circuit, as directed, applied "Colorado law to resolve" the question of "who owns the federal tax refund." Id., at 2.

On January 12, 2021, the Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) settled its first civil action for alleged fraud against the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”) – the primary lending program under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act for small businesses negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.