On September 15, President Biden announced a tentative deal with unions representing tens of thousands of railroad workers that helped narrowly avoid a strike that threatened to devastate the country’s delicate supply chains that have been strained since the beginning of the pandemic. Now the country awaits the outcome of the union member votes (which we may not know until mid-November), but even if the members approve the deal, the retail sector will still face empty shelves, job vacancies and surging inflation.
The High Court has held an original tenant and guarantor of a lease liable for unpaid sums due where the new tenant had compromised its liabilities under the lease pursuant to a restructuring plan under Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006). Read on for our analysis of Oceanfill Limited v Nuffield Health Wellbeing Limited and Cannons Group Limited [2022] EWHC 2178 (Ch).
The lease and licence to assign
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La saisie conservatoire est un recours accordé en vertu du Code des Procédures Civiles d’Exécution n° 2004 [dite "PCE"] que les personnes physiques ou morales peuvent solliciter pour leurs créances monétaires. Il a pour effet de « geler » les biens du débiteur et de permettre au créancier / demandeur de procéder à une saisie conservatoire, qui peut néanmoins se transformer en saisie définitive, à la fin d’une procédure judiciaire.
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Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of September 12, 2022.
In Optiva Inc. v. Tbaytel, the Court dismissed the appeal from an arbitrator’s decision granting summary judgment. The arbitrator had the authority to proceed by summary judgment motion, as the arbitration agreement gave the arbitrator broad powers to determine the procedure to be employed.
Federal Court Judge Cheryl Ann Kraus was ‘riding the Circuit’ and decided a regulatory takings case while sitting in the District Court, District of New Jersey captioned James v. Vornlocker. Full opinion here 2022-8-31 Vornlocker.
The case was decided on motions for summary judgment, and it appears that Plaintiff admitted most of the facts and failed to genuinely contest the remaining facts set forth in the motions.
On 15 August 2022, the UK High Court handed down judgment in Oceanfill Ltd v Nuffield Health Wellbeing Ltd and Cannons Group Ltd.
Background
The claim was for rent and other arrears by Oceanfill, the landlord of a gym in Leeds. It was brought against Nuffield, the original tenant and Cannons, the original guarantor under the lease.
Nuffield had assigned the lease to Virgin Active in 2000, guaranteeing the performance of Virgin Active as tenant and Cannons had given a guarantee of Nuffield's obligations.
Virgin Active restructuring plan
The National Company Law Tribunal, Chennai Bench vide its order dated April 25, 2022 in Mr. N. Kumar v. Tata Capital Housing Finance Ltd.1 held that the project-wise Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process of a real estate company is outside the purview of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC).
Brief facts of the case
一、模拟案例
A公司看好B公司的发展前景，意欲与其实际控制人张三签订投资协议，由A公司向B公司增资。同时为确保自己的投资安全，A公司与张三同时约定，股权回购条件成就时，张三须向A公司回购股份。合同签订后，A公司依约向B公司汇入投资款。然而由于市场环境突然变化，B公司由盈利转为亏损，股权回购条件触发，A公司向张三主张股权回购。此时A公司发现，张三已经与其配偶协议离婚且净身出户，放弃了较大数额夫妻共同财产的所有权。此时，A公司应当如何保护自己的债权？
站在A公司要求债务得到清偿的角度，存在以下几种可能。如果张三与A公司签订协议时，提供了财产为A公司设立担保，那么A公司可以就张三所提供的财产行使担保物权。如果有第三人为张三的债务提供保证，那么A公司可以要求第三人承担保证责任。如果A公司有证据能够证明案涉债务成立夫妻共同债务，即使张三已经与其配偶离婚，A公司也可以追讨张三及其配偶的夫妻共同财产，使自己的债权得以实现。如果A公司无证据证明案涉债务成立夫妻共同债务，或者法院认为案涉债务不成立夫妻共同债务，A公司还有一种选择：撤销张三在离婚协议中放弃夫妻共同财产的行为，使得张三财产得到恢复，增强其偿债能力。A公司撤销张三放弃夫妻共同财产行为的权利，在法律上被称为债权人撤销权。
二、债权人撤销权的法律规定