4 Stone Buildings has published the fourth edition of its free-to-download e-book entitled “Litigation in the Time of Covid-19: Legal issues in commerce, finance and insolvency”. The e-book contains extensive analysis into the key issues arising out of the coronavirus pandemic, as well as the latest legal developments, in contract, corporate insolvency, personal insolvency, company
The Supreme Court has today handed down judgment in Sevilleja v Marex Financial Ltd [2020] UKSC 31, after a 7-panel hearing concerning the scope and application of the rule barring recovery of reflective loss. The appeal concerned a claim in tort brought against the Respondent, which the Respondent denied arguing that by reason of the supposed
Judgment has recently been handed down in Re CGL Realisations Limited (Formerly Comet Group Limited) (In Liquidation) [2020] EWHC 1707 (Ch). The court considered whether a subsidiary company and its ultimate parent were connected within the meaning of s. 435(10)(b) of the Insolvency Act 1986, where the subsidiary is alleged to have made a preferential
4 Stone Buildings has published the third edition of its free-to-download e-book entitled “Litigation in the Time of Covid-19: Legal issues in commerce, finance and insolvency”. The e-book contains extensive analysis into the key issues arising out of the coronavirus pandemic, as well as the latest legal developments, in contract, corporate insolvency, personal insolvency, company
Judgment has recently been given in a dispute over the correct interpretation of standard form contractual wording on which a debtor sought to rely in order to avoid his payment obligations by reference to the risk of incurring secondary US sanctions. The judgment in Lamesa Investment Ltd v. Cynergy Bank Ltd [2020] EWCA Civ 821
4 Stone Buildings has published the second edition of its free-to-download e-book entitled “Litigation in the Time of Covid-19: Legal issues in commerce, finance and insolvency”. The e-book contains extensive analysis into the key issues arising out of the coronavirus pandemic, as well as the latest legal developments, in corporate insolvency, personal insolvency, company law
Judgment has recently been handed down in the appeal in Infinity Distribution Ltd v The Khan Partnership LLP [2020] EWHC 1657 (Ch). The appellant appealed against an order that an ATE insurance-backed deed of indemnity was adequate and acceptable security for its costs, because of the appellant’s potential adverse costs exposure relating to the costs
4 Stone Buildings has today published a free-to-download e-book entitled “Litigation in the Time of Covid-19: Legal issues in commerce, finance and insolvency”. The first edition of the e-book contains extensive analysis into the key issues arising out of the coronavirus pandemic, as well as the latest legal developments, in corporate insolvency, personal insolvency, company
The applicant was seeking to set aside two judgments six years after the event. In considering the applicability of relief from sanction principles to the CPR tests for setting aside judgments under CPR 23.11 and 39.3, the court concluded that the Court of Appeal’s judgments in Bank of Scotland v Pereira [2011] EWCA Civ 241
To continue our series of coronavirus related webinars, Albert Sampson and Guy Olliff-Cooper will be presenting “Regime Change – The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill”. The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill includes some of the most dramatic changes to UK insolvency law since the Enterprise Act 2002. This is not just a response to Coronavirus:
