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    At what cost: Federal Court affirms approval rules for solicitor costs agreement
    1969-12-31
    Filed under:
    Australia, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Corporations Act 2001 (Australia)
    Authors:
    Alicia Salvo , Cameron Cheetham , Nicholas Garbas
    Firm:
    Corrs Chambers Westgarth
    Insolvency litigation: year in review
    2025-12-18

    This past year has featured a diverse range of consequential, precedent-setting insolvency disputes across various industries, reflecting both the breadth of challenges facing Canadian businesses and the adaptability of Canada’s insolvency framework in resolving these issues. The most consequential decisions in which we have been involved are described below, alongside key takeaways for stakeholders participating in insolvency proceedings in 2026 and beyond.

    Filed under:
    Canada, USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Torys LLP, Glencore, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Valeo, Supreme Court of the United States, Ontario Superior Court of Justice
    Location:
    Canada, USA
    Firm:
    Torys LLP
    2025 Year in Review: Commercial Disputes
    2025-12-11

    As 2025 draws to a close, this newsletter reviews key developments that have shaped the commercial disputes landscape over the past year and offers our views on significant English court decisions. We then look ahead to the trends likely to define 2026. We also reflect on another productive and successful year for Hausfeld’s Commercial Disputes team.

    HOW DID 2025 CHANGE THE LEGAL LANDSCAPE?

    Financial services

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Banking, Company & Commercial, Compliance Management, Environment & Climate Change, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Hausfeld LLP, Corporate governance, Blockchain, Climate change, Supply chain, Mediation, Fintech, Artificial intelligence, Cryptocurrency, ESG, Litigation funding, Data protection and privacy, Anti-bribery and corruption, Greenwashing, Financial Conduct Authority (UK), Barclays, Google, Office of Foreign Assets Control (USA), Getty Images v Stability AI, Consumer Credit Act 1974 (UK), Companies Act 2006 (UK), Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (UK), Arbitration Act 2025 (UK), UK Supreme Court
    Authors:
    Ned Beale , Lucy Pert , Rebecca Warder , Chrysanthi Bampali
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Hausfeld & Co LLP
    Transactions at an undervalue: trusts of land
    1969-12-31
    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Compliance Management, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Real Estate, Charles Russell Speechlys, Companies Act 2006 (UK)
    Authors:
    Roger Elford , Martha Lazanakis
    Firm:
    Charles Russell Speechlys
    Court rejects Twinza creditors’ scheme of arrangement
    2025-12-03

    The Federal Court declined to approve a creditors' scheme of arrangement by Twinza Oil Limited (Twinza). The scheme, supported by all scheme creditors, proceeded on the assumption that the ordinary and preference shares were worthless.

    Key takeouts

    Filed under:
    Australia, Company & Commercial, Corporate Finance/M&A, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, MinterEllison, Corporations Act 2001 (Australia)
    Authors:
    Nick Anson , Michael Hughes
    Location:
    Australia
    Firm:
    MinterEllison
    Secured creditors win: Court confirms power of sale survives company liquidation
    2025-11-28

    Waypark Commercial Mortgage 1 Ltd v Vanguard Number 1 Ltd (in liquidation) [2025] EWHC 1786 (Ch)

    In brief

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Mishcon de Reya, Carillion, International Criminal Court
    Authors:
    Eva Humphreys , Jessica Williams
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Mishcon de Reya
    Winding Up a Foreign Company in Australia
    2025-12-18

    Successful outcomes for clients seeking to obtain winding up orders against foreign companies with local agents. The case summaries below, of Re Anagram International LLC (recs and mgrs apptd) [2025] VSC 267 and the earlier matter of W Capital Advisors Pty Ltd (in its capacity as trustee for the W Capital Advisors Fund) v Mawson Infrastructure Group, Inc (NSD1395/2024), provide guidance on how parties can best position themselves for success in these circumstances.

    Relevant Law

    Filed under:
    Australia, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, HFW, Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Corporations Act 2001 (Australia)
    Authors:
    Ali Abachi
    Location:
    Australia
    Firm:
    HFW
    Does A U.S. Supreme Court’s Certiorari Denial Have Precedential Value?
    2025-12-11

    Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari in two cases involving bankruptcy questions:

    Filed under:
    USA, Nebraska, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Koley Jessen PC, Supreme Court of the United States
    Authors:
    Donald L. Swanson
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Koley Jessen PC
    The District Court for the Southern District of New York Deems Third-Party Releases Non-Consensual under State and Federal Law [US]
    <br>
    2025-12-08

    On December 1, 2025, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Honorable Denise Cote) entered an opinion and order that struck third-party releases and a related injunction in a confirmed Chapter 11 Plan (the “Plan”) for the In re

    Filed under:
    USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Squire Patton Boggs
    Authors:
    Kelly E. Singer
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Squire Patton Boggs
    Bridging the Channel: Mutual Recognition of Proceedings Between the UK & EU
    <br>
    2025-12-03

    At 11 p.m. on Thursday, December 31, 2020, the United Kingdom left the European Union.

    This has since enabled staff in many airports in continental Europe, often with unconcealed delight, to direct British citizens to much longer queues than they would have needed to join had the U.K. remained an EU Member State.

    Filed under:
    European Union, United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Macfarlanes LLP, Brexit, Insolvency, European Court of Justice, Insolvency Regulation (1346/2000) (EU)
    Authors:
    Jatinder Bains , Simon Beale
    Location:
    European Union, United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Macfarlanes LLP

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