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    Considering conflicts: Queensland Supreme Court rejects application to restrain liquidators’ choice of representation
    2022-07-05

    This matter involved the former director and former accountant of CGS Constructions (QLD) Pty Ltd filing proceedings seeking an injunction to restrain the Liquidators from engaging Cornwalls Lawyers to act on the basis that:

    1. Cornwalls also acted for a substantial creditor, Union Share Pty Ltd; and
    2. the Liquidators, by engaging Cornwalls, had manifested a tendency to favour certain interests at the expense of others.

    Background

    Filed under:
    Australia, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Gadens
    Location:
    Australia
    Firm:
    Gadens
    An easy win? Obtaining summary judgment in the absence of the Defendant
    2022-07-05

    In the matter of Squirrel Limited (In Liquidation), the Court considered an application for summary judgement against a director for insolvent trading. In doing so, the Court considered the principles underpinning a director’s duty to prevent insolvent trading and the compensation payable as a result.

    Background

    Filed under:
    Australia, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Gadens, Corporations Act 2001 (Australia)
    Authors:
    Scott Couper
    Location:
    Australia
    Firm:
    Gadens
    Anti-phoenixing laws demystified: The Victorian Supreme Court considers the creditor-defeating disposition regime
    2022-07-05

    In Re Intellicomms Pty Ltd (in liq) [2022] VSC 228, it was determined that a sale agreement was a creditor-defeating disposition within the meaning of section 588FDB of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Act) and voidable pursuant to section 588FE(6B) of the Act.

    Filed under:
    Australia, Capital Markets, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Gadens, Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Corporations Act 2001 (Australia)
    Authors:
    Scott Couper
    Location:
    Australia
    Firm:
    Gadens
    Directors' Duties Under English Law — How to Lead in Difficult Times
    2022-07-01

    Elon Musk recently said he has a "super bad feeling" about the economy, pithily declaring what most financial commentators have been predicting in more technical terms.

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Coronavirus, UK Supreme Court
    Authors:
    Sonya Van de Graaff , Prav Reddy , Mark Johnson
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
    Why Johnson & Johnson’s Bankruptcy Is Still Alive . . . And InfoWars’ Isn’t
    2022-07-01

    Both the Johnson & Johnson and InfoWars bankruptcies are filed to address tort lawsuits.

    Johnson & Johnson’s bankruptcy survives a motions to dismiss.[Fn. 1] InfoWars’ bankruptcy doesn’t.[Fn. 2]

    What follows is an effort to compare and contrast the two cases, revealing why one survives and the other doesn’t.

    The Businesses

    –Johnson & Johnson

    Filed under:
    USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Koley Jessen PC
    Authors:
    Donald L. Swanson
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Koley Jessen PC
    Review of company voluntary arrangements (“CVAs”)
    2022-07-01

    On 28 June 2022 the Insolvency Service published a report it had commissioned from RSM UK to assess the impact that CVAs were having on commercial landlords (the “Report”).

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Real Estate, Hogan Lovells, Landlord, Food and beverage, Company voluntary arrangement
    Authors:
    Alex Snell , James Maltby , Margaret Kemp
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Hogan Lovells
    kroniek Aansprakelijkheidsrecht
    2022-07-01

    In deze Kroniek wordt een selectie van de tussen mei 2021 en mei 2022 door de Hoge Raad gewezen arresten besproken. Daarbij komen onder meer uitspraken op het gebied van beroeps- en bestuurdersaansprakelijkheid, productaansprakelijkheid en werkgeversaansprakelijkheid aan de orde.

    Filed under:
    Netherlands, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Ploum, Bankruptcy, Joint and several liability, Supreme Court of the Netherlands
    Location:
    Netherlands
    Firm:
    Ploum
    La difícil liquidación de una sociedad ante el bloqueo de dos socios paritarios
    2022-07-04

    Recientes resoluciones judiciales han puesto en el foco la problemática aprobación judicial de una liquidación societaria cuando existe una situación de bloqueo por parte de alguno de los socios que impide adoptar acuerdos. Analizamos, a continuación, lo que han dicho los tribunales sobre los acuerdos sociales negativos y su posible impugnabilidad.

    (SJM nº 13 de Madrid de 23 de marzo de 2021 y SAP de La Coruña de 1 de abril de 2022)

    Filed under:
    Spain, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Garrigues
    Authors:
    Mónica Martín de Vidales , Álvaro López-Jorrín , Adrian Thery , Andrés Gutiérrez Gilsanz
    Location:
    Spain
    Firm:
    Garrigues
    Winding up of the Myanmar Companies under the Myanmar Insolvency Law
    2022-07-04

    Background

    Filed under:
    Myanmar, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Coronavirus
    Location:
    Myanmar
    Firm:
    Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
    Cruzeiro SAF obtém decisão judicial para evitar ação por dívida do clube
    2022-07-04

    Fonte: Uol

    A Justiça trabalhista de Minas Gerais concedeu decisão favorável ao Cruzeiro SAF para livra-la da cobrança direta de uma dívida do clube. Houve o entendimento judicial que a Lei das SAF se tornaria “inútil” se o clube-empresa pudesse ser alvo de todas as ações por débitos da associação.

    Filed under:
    Brazil, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, CSMV Advogados
    Authors:
    Thereza Cristina Carneiro
    Location:
    Brazil
    Firm:
    CSMV Advogados

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