On 4th May 2021 the government introduced some new legislation, which seeks to help households cope with debt, entitled The Debt Respite Scheme (Breathing Space Moratorium and Mental Health Crisis Moratorium) (England & Wales) Regulations 2020.
The Regulations apply to debtors who reside or are domiciled in England and Wales, and largely to personal debts. Some business debts are eligible but not if they relate solely to the business and the debtor is VAT registered, or if the debtor is in partnership with someone else.
As the economic crisis continues to deepen, several of our contributors in South Europe have been focusing on matters relating to insolvency in the transport industry.
As well as the Deka Legal Bake, last week witnessed the publication of the updated ASHE and a further judgment on the subject of jurisdiction, which seems to be a growth area in satellite litigation, perhaps unsurprisingly given the effect of Exit Day.
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Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of July 25, 2022.
Good morning.
Following are this week’s summaries of the decisions released from the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of July 25, 2022. The Court was busy before its long weekend including one lengthy substantive case released.
What does this mean for you? Should you stop providing goods and services? Should you call and ask for the money?
If the customer owes you a substantial amount for your services and has told you that they have no assets, what do you do?
This month sees a statement by the Charity Commission on the Ukraine crisis and how this impacts charities, and a factsheet released by the UK government on the impact the war has had on energy.
There are also some very interesting articles regarding support for domestic abuse victims to how to deal with Social Housing complaints.
Finally there is a press article on TLT’s involvement in the innovative second modular deal for Town and Country Housing and Legal and General Modular Homes.
On February 3, 2022, as part of a series of recent decisions addressing third-party releases, Bankruptcy Judge John T.
After reporting its lowest annual recovery from False Claim Act (“FCA”) cases in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has reportedly bounced back. On February 1, 2021, DOJ released detailed statistics regarding FCA recoveries during FY 2021, during which DOJ reportedly obtained more than $5.6 billion in civil FCA settlements and judgments, of which $5 billion related to matters involving the health care industry.
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