WWRT Limited v Tyshchenko & Tyshchenko [2021] EWHC 939 (Ch)
Judgment date: 21 April 2021 (Bacon J)
Overview
This note sets out the circumstances in which a creditor may successfully lift a statutory moratorium against a company in administration in England and Wales, and in Singapore.
English law
1.Why use an electronic signature?
2.What is e-signing?
3.Is e-signing valid?
4.What types of document can be signed electronically?
5. Are there any restrictions/protocols relating to electronic signatures?
6. What is the position with overseas entities?
7. E-signing with a secure platform
8. E-signing without a secure platform
Why use an electronic signature?
Enforcement options in England & Wales – recent High Court judgment provides rare guidance on Orders for Questioning
Once the litigation or arbitration has been fought and you obtain a judgment in your favour, if your opponent does not pay up, a new process will begin in attempting to enforce that judgment.
The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill received its first reading in the House of Commons on 20 May 2020, several months after Alok Sharma first announced what we expected to be the biggest changes to insolvency law in decades.
On 2 June 2020, Mr Justice Morgan handed down his judgment in the case of Re: A Company [2020] EWHC 1406 (Ch) in which a High Street retailer (whose identity is not disclosed) applied to restrain the presentation of a winding-up petition based on the provisions of the yet-to-be-enacted Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill 2020 (the “Bill”).
Matthew Czyzyk, Ropes & Gray
This is an extract from the 2020 edition of GRR's the Europe, Middle East and Africa Restructuring Review. The whole publication is available here.
In summary
What are the principal types of insolvency proceedings?
This note considers the way in which the practice directions governing insolvency proceedings have evolved during 2020.
On 7 February 2019, my article entitled “No deal Brexit – impact on insolvency” was published on Lexology. That article was published shortly after the Insolvency (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (the “2019 Regulations”) were made.