Overview

On April 23, 2024, the American Bankruptcy Institute’s Subchapter V Task Force issued its Final Report.

This article is the seventh in a series summarizing and condensing the Task Force’s Final Report into “a nutshell.” The subject of this article is:

• whether the $7,500,000 debt cap for Subchapter V eligibility should remain or revert to an interest-adjusted $3,024,725.

Recommendation

Redefine Australian Investments Limited (Company), an Irish-registered company was placed in voluntary liquidation on 24 January 2018. Martin Ferris was appointed as the liquidator (Liquidator).

The Proceedings

There's been a flurry of regulatory activity in the UK and Europe over the past few weeks. Here's a look at the highlights.

In a case brought by the liquidators, the High Court found two former directors liable for wrongful trading; that is, continuing to trade when they knew or should have known that there was no reasonable prospect of avoiding insolvency (section 214 of the Insolvency Act 1986).

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FRP Advisory Trading Limited won the United Kingdom's largest-ever wrongful trading claim and successfully established the first "misfeasance trading" claim against former directors of British Home Stores ("BHS"), highlighting the critical responsibilities of directors managing financially troubled company assets.

The High Court has handed down judgment against two former directors of a number of BHS group companies. The Joint Liquidators, Anthony Wright and Geoffrey Rowley (both of FRP Advisory) brought claims against Lennart Henningson and Dominic Chandler for wrongful trading, misfeasance trading and individual misfeasance.

Wrongful trading

In the case of Iskon Infra Engineering Private Limited v.

Met een recent arrest van 11 juni 2024 zorgt het hof te Brussel voor een ommekeer in het faillissementsrecht. Het hof oordeelde dat ook een hypotheek, gevestigd op initiatief van de kredietverstrekker op grond van een notariële volmacht na datum van het faillissement, tegenstelbaar is aan de boedel. Het hof gaat daarmee in tegen eerder gevestigde rechtspraak en rechtsleer, die een zeer ruime interpretatie gaf aan de artikelen XX.110 en volgende van het Wetboek Economisch Recht (WER).