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Foreign assets: overseas but over here in a bankruptcy

  • Bircham Dyson Bell
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  • United Kingdom
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  • November 24 2011

Earlier this year, the High Court gave judgment in a case involving a bankrupt who owned property in Morocco (Saunders v Donovan, unreported

Can a Trustee in Bankruptcy be liable for costs following assignment of a cause of action to a third party?

  • Bircham Dyson Bell
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 24 2011

TiBs frequently assign the right to recover debts due to the bankrupt’s estate

Bankruptcy v wife’s right to occupy

  • Bircham Dyson Bell
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 24 2011

In Re Ruiz (a bankrupt) 2011 EWHC 913 (Fam) the High Court ruled that a wife’s right to occupy the matrimonial home did not prevent her husband’s trustee in bankruptcy (TiB) gaining and enforcing a proprietary interest in the property

Administrators get to use the property rent free!

  • Bircham Dyson Bell
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 8 2012

Incurring liabilities to third parties is often necessary in order to carry out an effective administration of an insolvent company

Extension of time to pay? Now face the consequences of insolvency

  • Bircham Dyson Bell
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 23 2011

It is an age old problem for creditors who are faced with debtors who ask for more time to pay their debts

De-facto directors: Case 1: Re Snelling House: Directors’ misfeasance

  • Bircham Dyson Bell
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 8 2012

The law allows any person to be treated as a director even though that person has not been formally appointed as a director

Extension of time to pay? Now face the consequences of insolvency

  • Bircham Dyson Bell
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 23 2011

It is an age-old problem for creditors who are faced with debtors who ask for more time to pay their debts

Liability of administrators for acts of discrimination

  • Bircham Dyson Bell
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 1 2011

In another case involving administrators, an employment tribunal somewhat controversially has held that the individual administrators could be liable as principals in an agency relationship with employees of a company in administration

International corporate insolvency

  • Bircham Dyson Bell
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • September 10 2007

What and where is a company's ‘centre of main interest’ its COMI and why should you care?

Who has the last say? The Court of Appeal upholds a liquidator’s decision despite creditor opposition

  • Bircham Dyson Bell
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 23 2011

In Rubin v Coote 2011 EWCA Civ 106 (09 February 2011) the Court of Appeal has upheld the decision of a liquidator to settle litigation against a former director of a company notwithstanding the opposition of the company's creditors