The number of company insolvencies in 2023 increased by over a third compared to 2022. The hospitality sector was particularly badly affected, with 53% more insolvencies than in 2022.

It appears that 2024 will be similarly challenging for companies in the hospitality sector. The Restaurant Association of Ireland (RAI) has set out the main challenges faced by the industry, including increased energy and labour costs, and the VAT rate reverting to 13.5% after having been reduced to 9% during the covid-19 pandemic.

In the first Part 26A appeal decision since the inception of the restructuring plan in 2020, the Court of Appeal has set aside the restructuring plan sanction order that was granted to German real estate group, Adler.

North Brewing Company, a Leeds-based brewery and bar-owner, has secured a sale out of administration that will ensure their future trading, having become the latest to issue a notice of intention to appoint administrators earlier this month.

What Happened

How can an enterprise withdraw from the market through liquidation?

What is liquidation?

Enterprise liquidation aims to terminate the existence and related rights and obligations of an enterprise. It can occur by a decision of the owner or it may occur when an enterprise is no longer qualified to exist and is forced to liquidate at the request of the appropriate state agency. We only discuss liquidation by the owner.

Voluntary liquidation:

はじめに

2023年12月22日、金融庁は、有価証券報告書および有価証券届出書ならびに臨時報告書において開示すべき「重要な契約」の類型やその開示内容を具体的に明らかにする「企業内容等の開示に関する内閣府令」等の改正（以下「本改正」）を公表しました。本改正は同日付で公布されており、2024年4月1日から施行されます。重要な契約の開示に関する改正規定は2025年3月31日以後に終了する事業年度に係る有価証券報告書等、同年4月1日以後に提出される臨時報告書から適用されます。

本改正の公布と同時に、意見募集に対して寄せられたコメントの概要とこれに対する金融庁の考え方（以下「考え方」）も同時に公表されており、本改正に関する金融庁の見解を理解する上で参考となります。

This article analyses India’s proposal to adopt the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency.

Many Irish businesses face the challenge of meeting warehoused debt. One option available is to address the debt via the Small Company Administrative Rescue Process (“SCARP”).

Government Schemes

During the Covid-19 pandemic, a lot of Irish companies took advantage of Government schemes, to include the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (“EWSS”), the Covid Restrictions Support Scheme (“CRSS”) and Debt Warehousing. PAYE, PRSI, USC, EWSS and CRSS overpayments were all warehoused.

What is Debt Warehousing?

Following our article on statutory demands (“SD”), if a company has received a SD and has failed to raise a legitimate dispute or make payment, then the creditor can proceed with a winding up petition. Winding up petitions play a crucial role in the legal landscape, particularly in the context of debt recovery and business insolvency.

The debt purchaser in In re McIntosh argued that because it was enforcing a debt that was not listed correctly on the debtor’s bankruptcy schedules, it was entitled to assume the debt had not been discharged. The U.S.