On January 3, 2022, Reuters reports, under the heading “Judge orders mediation for Purdue, Sacklers over opioid settlement,” as follows:

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On December 16, 2021, U.S.

Section 105 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, titled “Power of Court,” is often cited and used as a “catch-all” provision when requesting certain relief or when a bankruptcy court enters an order granting (or denying) certain relief not prescribed by a particular provision of the Bankruptcy Code. That section provides that a “court may issue any order, process, or judgment that is necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this title . . .

Three JAMS neutrals share their perspectives on business interruption and the impact COVID-19 has had on bankruptcy courts

InAustralian Securities and Investments Commission v Marco (no 9) [2021] FCA 1306 the Administrators brought an interlocutory application seeking remuneration orders pursuant to section 60-10(1)(c) of the Insolvency Practice Schedule (IPSC) for the administration of the second defendant. The application was opposed by the Liquidators of the second defendant.

The Australian Sawmilling Co Pty Ltd (in liq) v Environment Protection Authority [2021] VSCA 294

The Victorian Court of Appeal’s decision in The Australian Sawmilling Co Pty Ltd (in liq) v Environment Protection Authority [2021] VSCA 294 casts significant doubt on liquidators’ capacity to rely upon section 568 of the Corporations Act to disclaim environmental liabilities, despite the absence of any involvement of the liquidator in the creation of those liabilities.

Luiz Fernando Valente de Paiva, Giuliano Colombo, Andre Moraes Marques, Thiago Junqueira and Carolina Kiyomi Iwamoto, Pinheiro Neto Advogados

This is an extract from the 2022 edition of GRR's the Americas Restructuring Review. The whole publication is available here.

In summary

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is the overarching name given to the different processes used to determine disputes between parties out with a formal court process. ADR is becoming more popular, but is not as widely used by insolvency practitioners (IPs) in the UK to resolve disputes arising from an insolvency event as it perhaps should be.

Insolvency claims often throw up unique situations, can be hugely complex and are often replete with high emotion. Just the kind of situation where the involvement of a mediator can prove extremely beneficial, enabling parties to reach settlement where earlier bi-lateral negotiations have failed.