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    Lenders prevail over pensioners in Grant Forest appeal
    2015-08-13

    On August 7, 2015, the Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) released its decision in Grant Forest Products Inc. v.

    Filed under:
    Canada, Ontario, Employee Benefits & Pensions, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Stikeman Elliott LLP, Court of Appeal for Ontario
    Location:
    Canada
    Firm:
    Stikeman Elliott LLP
    The need for a legal ground to stand on: a shareholders class action is dismissed at the authorization stage for failure to meet article 1003 b) C.p.c. (Groupe d’action d’investisseurs dans Biosyntech c. Tsang, 2015 QCCS 3265)
    2015-08-17

    In the spring of 2010, BioSyntech, a start-up biotechnology company, developing a cartilage-repair product, BST-Car Gel, filed a Notice of Intention to make a proposal under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act. In the subsequent bankruptcy proceedings, the intellectual property relating to the BST-Car Gel was sold.

    Filed under:
    Canada, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
    Authors:
    Sean Griffin , Jean Lortie , Emira Tufo
    Location:
    Canada
    Firm:
    McCarthy Tétrault LLP
    The interim receiver: a “trustee in bankruptcy” dispensed from obtaining a clearance certificate
    2015-08-18

    In a judgment rendered in the case of 9210-6905 Québec Inc. (proposal of),1 the Superior Court of Québec held that an interim receiver is not required to obtain a clearance certificate from the tax authorities before proceeding with the distribution of a debtor's property, and is not subject to personal liability for this reason.

    Filed under:
    Canada, Quebec, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Tax, Lavery Lawyers, Bankruptcy
    Authors:
    Mathieu Thibault
    Location:
    Canada
    Firm:
    Lavery Lawyers
    Le séquestre intérimaire : un « syndic de faillite » dispensé d’obtenir un certificat de décharge
    2015-08-18

    Dans un jugement rendu dans l’affaire 9210-6905 Québec inc.

    Filed under:
    Canada, Quebec, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Tax, Lavery Lawyers
    Authors:
    Mathieu Thibault
    Location:
    Canada
    Firm:
    Lavery Lawyers
    Grant Forest Products v. TD Bank: standard of review for discretionary CCAA decisions
    2015-09-01

    In a proceeding under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (“CCAA”), a judge has discretionary powers to, among other things, order debtor companies into bankruptcy and thereby resolve priority disputes. What should be the standard of review of such discretionary decisions? Historically, the standard has been high.

    Filed under:
    Canada, Ontario, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Standard of review, Court of Appeal for Ontario, Court of Appeal of Alberta
    Authors:
    Mark A. Gelowitz
    Location:
    Canada
    Firm:
    Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
    Notable aspects of the mobilicity – Rogers acquisition
    2015-09-02

    Earlier this summer an affiliate of Rogers Communications Inc. acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of the corporation carrying on the Mobilicity wireless business in the context of Mobilicity’s Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) proceeding.

    Filed under:
    Canada, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Norton Rose Fulbright
    Authors:
    Evan Cobb
    Location:
    Canada
    Firm:
    Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
    Le tribunal étudie les critères d’application de l’article 96 LFI dans le cadre d’une opération prétendument sous-évaluée.
    2015-07-03

    Dans cette affaire, le syndic demande au tribunal de déclarer sous-évaluée au sens de l’article 96 L.F.I. le transfert par le failli Ortner d’un immeuble à son créancier Samprêt Plus inc. le 7 février 2013.

    L’immeuble acquis en 2000 au coût de 450 000$ est grevé d’une hypothèque de premier rang de 350 000$ en faveur de la banque CIBC.

    Filed under:
    Canada, Quebec, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Real Estate, Miller Thomson LLP
    Location:
    Canada
    Firm:
    Miller Thomson LLP
    La Chambre commerciale du district de Montréal accorde une charge prioritaire pour la mise en place d’un plan de rétention des employés clefs.
    2015-07-03

    Le 17 février 2015, Groupe Bikini Village inc. dépose un avis d’intention de faire une proposition auprès de ses créanciers conformément  à l’article 50.4 LFI.

    Le 5 mars 2015, l’entreprise présente au tribunal une requête non-contestée pour émission d’une ordonnance accordant une charge administrative, une charge en faveur des dirigeants et des administrateurs et enfin une charge garantissant un plan de rétention des employés clés.

    Filed under:
    Canada, Quebec, Employment & Labor, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Miller Thomson LLP
    Location:
    Canada
    Firm:
    Miller Thomson LLP
    La demande de nomination d’un séquestre intérimaire est rejetée puisque la valeur de la Propriété intellectuelle n’était pas susceptible de se déprécier rapidement.
    2015-07-03

    Il s’agit ici d’une requête en homologation d’une proposition contestée par deux importants créanciers de la débitrice, Trewern Services Ltd et Allied Properties Reit qui demandent pour leur part la nomination d’un séquestre intérimaire afin de procéder à la liquidation de l’entreprise.

    Network infrastructure Inventory [N(I)2] Inc. entre sur le marché en 2003 et œuvre dans le domaine informatique. La crise financière de 2008 vient toutefois affecter l’entreprise qui se retrouve endettée d’environ 16 millions en 2012.

    Filed under:
    Canada, Quebec, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Miller Thomson LLP
    Location:
    Canada
    Firm:
    Miller Thomson LLP
    Tax Court considers legal capacity of undischarged bankrupt to commence or continue appeal
    2015-07-07

    In Paul L. Schnier v. Her Majesty the Queen, the Tax Court of Canada dismissed the motion brought by the Respondent under Rule 53(3)(c) of the Tax Court of Canada Rules (General Procedure) to quash the appeal on the basis that the Appellant, who was an undischarged bankrupt at the time of filing his Notice of Appeal, had failed to obtain permission of the trustee in bankruptcy at the outset to initiate the appeal.

    Filed under:
    Canada, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Tax, Thorsteinssons LLP, Bankruptcy
    Authors:
    Florence Sauve
    Location:
    Canada
    Firm:
    Thorsteinssons LLP

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