This 2nd article in our 2-part series on ‘Employment Contracts vis-à-vis CIRP’ examines the validity of ipso facto clauses which permit employees to terminate their employment on the occurrence of an insolvency event; and acknowledges the duelling priorities of upholding contractual freedom and ensuring that the debtor remains a ‘going concern’.
We have recently published a few blogs on the hot topic of company insolvencies, including more specifically about:
Oral arguments happened on January 9, 2024, at the U.S. Supreme Court in U.S.Trustee v. Hammons.Here is a link to the transcript of those arguments.
The Hammons question is this:
Weiß ein Forderungsverkäufer von der Zahlungsunfähigkeit seines Schuldners, muss sich der Factor diese Kenntnis im Rahmen eines echten Factorings nicht allein deshalb zurechnen lassen, weil der Factoringvertrag Informations- und Unterstützungspflichten des Forderungsverkäufers vorsieht.
Überblick
The English Court of Appeal has today overturned the restructuring plan sanction order made by the High Court in April 2023.
The keenly awaited judgment raises some difficult issues for Adler in the context of its restructuring, but more broadly clarifies a number of points in relation to restructuring plans.
How the court uses its discretion to sanction a plan
Звернення до суду із заявою про відкриття провадження у справі про банкрутство — це комплексне і складне завдання. Заявникам у таких справах необхідно не лише враховувати положення законодавства, а й зважати на значну кількість суперечливих позицій, викладених у постановах Верховного Суду. Бар’єром, зокрема, може стати наявний підхід до категорії «спір про право» у справах про банкрутство.
You ship goods to a customer that is having financial difficulties. The customer sends you a check for the goods. What do you do?
Cash it and potentially be sued for a preference after the customer files for bankruptcy
or
Don’t cash it, and have a claim in the ensuing bankruptcy
Continuing our exploration of the evolving insolvency landscape in 2023, Part 3 delves into two more landmark cases that further define the legal contours of insolvency proceedings in India.
M. Suresh Kumar Reddy vs. Canara Bank & Ors
Clarification on NCLT's Discretion in Admitting Section 7 Applications
The Bankruptcy Code’s Section 547(b) allows a trustee or debtor in possession to recover property transferred to a creditor, known as a preference action. However, the Code also provides defenses to a preference action, including the ordinary course of business defense.
Since the implementation of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 (the IRDA), liquidators and judicial managers in Singapore have been statutorily authorised to use third-party funding for a range of claw-back actions. They are also able to transfer company assets to funders; to assign the fruits of legal actions to funders; and to grant super-priority to funders.