Year in Review - The Netherlands Law in 2016
Year in Review – Derecho Español en 2016
En los últimos meses se han sucedido en España dos procesos de elecciones generales y las distintas fuerzas políticas no han llegado a un acuerdo para formar gobierno hasta octubre de 2016. Lo anterior ha supuesto una ralentización importante de la actividad legislativa. Destacamos a continuación las principales novedades normativas y jurisprudenciales de 2016:
Year in Review – Spanish Law in 2016
Two general elections were held in Spain recently (the first in December 2015) and the various political parties were unable to reach an agreement to form a government until October 2016. This meant a major slowdown in law-making activity. The following are the main legislative changes and case-law precedents from 2016:
The rapid spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is a public health challenge that has affected more than 200,000 individuals globally. We are finding from our clients that many business continuity plans are not robust enough to help businesses manage the growing and evolving global nature of the outbreak and its potential disruption, both in the short and long terms.
Year in Review – Thai Law in 2016
UK creditor schemes of arrangement under the UK Companies Act 2006 have recently gained popularity as a tool to “amend and extend” or comprehensively restructure debt obligations. In previous client alerts related to the restructuring of bonds issued by DTEK (May 2015) and the standstill scheme of arrangement for Metinvest (February 2016), we outlined some of the common reasons issuers find schemes of arrangement attractive and the types of schemes used to date.
The Chancellor of the High Court has published guidance on how the courts will deal with the e-filing of a “notice of appointment of an administrator” when the court is closed.
The Court of Appeal has clarified a technical question on the proper operation of Section 245 IA 1986 and the extent to which it might invalidate floating charges taken to secure the supply of goods or services.
Section 245 IA 1986 invalidates floating charges created during the 12 months before insolvency, except (among other matters) to the extent of:
In Re HMV Ecommerce Ltd [2019] EWHC 9(Ch), the directors purported to appoint administrators out-of-court by e-filing the appointment documents at court at 5.54pm on December 28th. The Court’s decision on the validity of the appointment is welcome – but it did not address the underlying problem.
The Government’s final report on how to deal with insolvent airlines has been criticised by major UK carriers for its headline-grabbing suggestion of a new Flight Protection Scheme which would see a levy of about 50p put on customer fares to cover the costs of any future repatriation exercise. But the implications of the report are potentially far more significant and wide-ranging for all stakeholders.
On closer analysis, the report could see changes in: