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Pre-pack the backdoor to COMI and UK insolvency regimes?

The COMI rules stop a foreign based company accessing the UK insolvency regimes without sufficient connection with the UK but in Christophorus 3 Limited the High Court took a different approach.
08 July 2014

Press release

Burges Salmon shortlisted as Corporate Law Firm of Year at SW Dealmakers Awards 2014

Burges Salmon was shortlisted in the Law Firm of the Year category at the South West Insider Dealmakers Awards 2014. The corporate team's transactions exceeded a value £4 billion in 2013.
16 June 2014

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A scheme too far?

The English courts are prepared to sanction schemes of arrangements for foreign entities with "sufficient connection"; with England and Wales. We discuss the latest decision in Re Magyar Telecom B.V.
30 April 2014

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Administrations update: the contributory rule and set-off of competing claims

We discuss the recent Supreme Court decision in Re Lehman Brothers International about the applying the "contributory rule" and the admissibility and set-off of contingent claims in administration.
30 April 2014

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Focus on IPs - a summary of recent legal changes

We focus on a range of recent issues affecting insolvency practitioners from the fee consultation announced to a recent Court of Appeal decision on when a company may be considered to be insolvent.
30 April 2014

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Retrospective extension of court appointed receiverships and COMI in bankruptcy

This update focuses on High Court decisions on the court's ability to retrospectively extend court-appointed receiverships and COMI shifting to England for German nationals seeking bankruptcy here.
30 April 2014

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Security update: Land Registry notices, sale of chattels on land & extent of share charges

We discuss three recent Court of Appeal decisions which have raised a number of interesting points on security interests.
30 April 2014

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Co-operatives update ; developments for Industrial and Provident Societies

The last few years have seen reports, consultations and lobbying by the co-operative sector trying to update Industrial and Provident Societies. 2014 will see the results of much of that legwork.
05 March 2014

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Can debtors be balance sheet or cash flow insolvent if their obligations are limited?

Can a debtor be balance sheet or cash flow insolvent though its obligations are limited to available assets (as considered by the High Court in Re ARM Asset Backed Securities SA [2013] EWCH 3351)?
25 February 2014

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Goldacre overruled; rent to be paid as an expense pro rata

The Court of Appeal have overruled the High Court, deciding that rent should be treated as an expense based on actual usage and not on when the rent falls due. What does this mean for practitioners?
25 February 2014

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Contempt of court

Corporate officers need to be aware when conducting litigation on behalf of the company that they may personally be made responsible, with criminal sanction, if they do not obey the court strictly.
25 February 2014

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Director guarantees and the family home; does a spouse have an equity of exoneration?

Directors will often guarantee their companies’ debts but Day v Shaw and another [2014] EWCH 36 queries if a director's spouse can have her "share" of the house protected in the event of a sale.
24 February 2014
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