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    Un locataire est-il tenu de payer son loyer pour la période de la restructuration durant laquelle il ne peut utiliser les locaux en raison d’un décret de fermeture ?
    2020-09-24

    Dans l’affaire de la Loi sur les arrangements avec les créanciers des compagnies (la « Lacc ») relative à Groupe Dynamite, le juge Kalichman de la Cour supérieure du Québec prononce un jugement au sujet de l’obligation d’un débiteur de payer un loyer post-dépôt dans un contexte où il ne peut pas utiliser les lieux loués.

    Filed under:
    Canada, Insolvency & Restructuring, Real Estate, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act 1933 (Canada)
    Authors:
    Alain N. Tardif , Gabriel Faure , Sarah-Maude Demers
    Location:
    Canada
    Firm:
    McCarthy Tétrault LLP
    Deadlines Under Federal Legislation Temporarily Extended Due to COVID-19
    2020-09-24

    Introduction

    Parliament passed on July 27, 2020, the Time Limits and Other Periods Act (COVID-19) (Time Limits Act), which we summarized in a previous bulletin. Briefly, the Time Limits Act automatically suspends statutory time limits for federal civil proceedings for six months and grants federal ministers the power to issue orders extending statutory and regulatory time limits in a range of areas.

    Filed under:
    Canada, Capital Markets, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Public, Tax, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Coronavirus, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act 1985 (Canada), Canada Business Corporations Act 1985
    Authors:
    John J. Lennard , Élisabeth Robichaud , James D. Trougakos
    Location:
    Canada
    Firm:
    Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
    Court of Appeal summaries (September 7 - September 18, 2020)
    2020-09-21

    Good afternoon.

    Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the weeks of September 7 to 11 and September 14 to 18, 2020.

    The past two weeks saw ten substantive decisions released by the Court of Appeal. Topics covered included bankruptcy & insolvency, contracts (freight), enforcement of letters of request by foreign courts, family law and insurance, as well as the usual procedural decisions relating to extensions of time and appellate jurisdiction.

    Wishing everyone an enjoyable weekend.

    Filed under:
    Canada, Ontario, British Columbia, Banking, Family, Human Rights, Insolvency & Restructuring, Insurance, Litigation, Projects & Procurement, Blaney McMurtry LLP, Bankruptcy, Mediation, Coronavirus
    Authors:
    John Polyzogopoulos
    Location:
    Canada
    Firm:
    Blaney McMurtry LLP
    Tenant bankruptcies in the COVID-19 era: Security deposits, prepaid rent and distress rights
    2020-09-15

    This is the first part of a two-part series

    Commercial tenant bankruptcies and COVID-19

    Filed under:
    Canada, Insolvency & Restructuring, Real Estate, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Coronavirus, Commercial tenant
    Authors:
    Christie Wilson , Marta O. Lewycky
    Location:
    Canada
    Firm:
    Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
    Ontario Court of Appeal strengthens the application of the trust provisions of the Construction Act in insolvency context
    2020-09-09

    Earlier this year, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in Urbancorp Cumberland 2 GP Inc. (Re)[PDF], which clarifies the scope and effectiveness of a section 9(1) vendor’s trust under the Ontario Construction Lien Act in insolvency proceedings.

    Filed under:
    Canada, Ontario, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
    Authors:
    Roger Gillott , Lia Bruschetta , Catherine Gleason-Mercier
    Location:
    Canada
    Firm:
    Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
    Lifting the stay
    2020-09-01

    On July 27, 2020, the Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court (the “Court”) released its decision in Great North Data Ltd., (Re),[1] where Justice Handrigan outlined principles for courts to consider when exercising their power under section 69.4 of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, R.S.C. 1985, c.

    Filed under:
    Canada, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, White Collar Crime, Miller Thomson LLP, Fraud, Bitcoin
    Authors:
    Tamie Dolny , Asim Iqbal , Kenneth R. Rosenstein
    Location:
    Canada
    Firm:
    Miller Thomson LLP
    Challenges and Opportunities for Canadian Investors in Brazilian Insolvency Proceedings: Lessons from the IBA's 2019 Global Restructuring Conference
    2020-01-23

    Canada and Brazil share a long and significant common history of business and investment. Over a century ago, Canadian companies were heavily involved in building electrical and other infrastructure in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Today, over 50 public companies listed on the TSX and TSX-V have substantial assets and operations in Brazil. In 2018, direct investment between the two countries exceeded $14 billion in each direction.

    Filed under:
    Brazil, Canada, Corporate Finance/M&A, Insolvency & Restructuring, McMillan LLP, Debtor, Debtor in possession, UNCITRAL
    Authors:
    Stephen Brown-Okruhlik , Tushara Weerasooriya
    Location:
    Brazil, Canada
    Firm:
    McMillan LLP
    Trades the winners in 5 panel decision of the Court of Appeal confirming Section 9 Trusts survive insolvency
    2020-04-14

    On March 11, 2020, the Court of Appeal for Ontario released its decision in Urbancorp Cumberland 2 GP Inc. (Re) 2020 ONCA 197 (“Urbancorp”), stating that a s.9(1) trust under Ontario’s Construction Act R.S.O. 1990, c. C.30 (“CA” or the “Act”) can be effective in insolvency proceedings under the federal Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act R.S.C. 1085, c. C-36 (“CCAA”).

    Filed under:
    Canada, Ontario, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Miller Thomson LLP, General contractor
    Location:
    Canada
    Firm:
    Miller Thomson LLP
    United States: A Road Map for Potential Buyers of Distressed Businesses in Section 363 Bankruptcy Sales
    2020-04-14

    The current COVID-19 market environment presents unique circumstances to companies and investors who may, as a result of the tumultuous markets and the financial and personal effects of COVID-19, have opportunities to acquire distressed businesses at potentially depressed prices. Particularly in this market environment, though, one or more of the following scenarios may apply:

    Filed under:
    Canada, USA, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Baker McKenzie, Coronavirus
    Location:
    Canada, USA
    Firm:
    Baker McKenzie
    Breaking the emergency glass: government liquidity support in the time of COVID‑19
    2020-04-16

    As the COVID scourge continues its march across the lives and livelihoods of Canadian individuals and businesses, the federal government has broken the glass and deployed into the economy a historically unprecedented amount of emergency funding in an effort to provide a financial bridge through the crisis to affected enterprises.

    Filed under:
    Canada, Banking, Corporate Finance/M&A, Insolvency & Restructuring, Torys LLP, Private equity, Venture capital, Coronavirus, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (Canada), Government of Canada, Export Development Canada
    Authors:
    Simon J.C. Williams , Amanda C. Balasubramanian
    Location:
    Canada
    Firm:
    Torys LLP

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