The High Court considered whether a limitation period could prevent the presentation of a winding up petition based on a Lebanese judgment debt which was not registered as an English judgment.
Background
The creditor presented a winding up petition based on a judgment debt of $776,907.51 obtained in a Lebanese court in 2010. The debtor applied to restrain presentation of the petition on grounds that the judgment had not been registered nor recognised by the English Courts and the claim was time-barred.
Recognition
La Ley de Concursos Mercantiles (“LCM”) en México establece el procedimiento del concurso mercantil como una herramienta fundamental para la conservación de las empresas y maximización de su valor. Este proceso, dirigido por un Juez de Distrito especializado en materia concursal y especialistas del Instituto Federal de Especialistas de Concursos Mercantiles (“IFECOM”), está diseñado para proteger los derechos de los comerciantes frente a incumplimientos generalizados de sus obligaciones.
On May 31, 2024, the chief judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) entered General Order M-634, adopting guidelines for combining the processes for Chapter 11 plan confirmation under Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code and disclosure statement approval under Section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code.
In late May, the Supreme Court of Canada (the SCC) denied an application for leave to appeal a decision of the Court of Appeal of Alberta (the ABCA), which, in turn, had denied leave to appeal of the decision of the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta (the ABKB) in Re Mantle Materials Group, Ltd, 2023 ABKB 488 (Mantle KB).
Following an overhaul of the Singapore insolvency regime which came into force on 30 July 2020, the insolvency and restructuring framework was consolidated in the omnibus Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 (IRDA). One of the key features of the IRDA was to amend the then-existing construct of statutory avoidance actions in Singapore.
Overview of statutory avoidance provisions following IRDA
The Business Support and Insolvency Team at Boyes Turner acted for the joint liquidators who made a successful application for their retrospective appointment as liquidators of a company.
The case
Having caught your eye with the catchy heading, don’t stop reading if you are involved in the management or directorship of any business in the Pacific.
The Mexican Insolvency Law ("LCM") establishes the insolvency proceeding as a fundamental tool for the preservation of companies and maximization of their value. This process, directed by a District Judge specialized in bankruptcy matters and specialists from the Federal Institute of Commercial Bankruptcy Specialists ("IFECOM"), is designed to protect the rights of companies in the face of widespread defaults on their obligations.
Over the past decade, business rehabilitation proceedings in Thai courts have received a great deal of attention from debtors and creditors, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic. Business rehabilitation and bankruptcy proceedings have different objectives in court. As a result, Thai courts have a different perspective and set of criteria for considering and approving rehabilitation proceedings than for bankruptcy petitions. Both proceedings are outlined in the Bankruptcy Act B.E 2483 (1940). This article mainly discusses in-court business rehabilitation proceedings.