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Insolvency watch Cellfor obtains court protection in Canada and US

  • Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • January 9 2012

Cellfor, a privately held company that bills itself as the world's first and largest commercial supplier of conifer varietal seedlings to the forest industry, has obtained a court order granting it protection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act

Insolvency watch - national clothing chain to be sold under CCAA protection

  • Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • January 5 2012

A Toronto-based clothing retailer that operates more than 100 locations in shopping malls across Canada has received court protection to support its restructuring and eventual sale

Timminco granted court protection in wake of liquidity crisis

  • Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • January 11 2012

Timminco Limited (TSX:TIM) has been granted creditor protection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act until February 2, 2012 by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice

Renin group granted CCAA protection to resolve impasse

  • Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • December 19 2011

The Renin Group of companies has been granted protection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, "to preserve the company as a viable operation and preserve 300 jobs", Ontario Superior Court Justice Mesbur noted in her endorsement of its application for “immediate relief.”

Set-off revisited

  • Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • June 29 2009

Set-off is a powerful and often under-appreciated insolvency remedy in Canada

Canwest Global case further considers new CCAA

  • Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • January 26 2010

The December issue of our e-communiqué considered Justice Pepall’s October 13, 2009 decision to grant CCAA protection to Canwest Global Communications Corporation and a number of related entities

The monitor’s power and authority in a CCAA claims process

  • Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • July 23 2009

Although the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act ("CCAA") provides scant guidance, it is a well established procedure in a CCAA proceeding for the Court to order a claims process and to delegate powers to review creditors claims to a CCAA Monitor

Court of Appeal defines directors’ authority in a receivership

  • Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • June 9 2011

Are the directors of a corporation which has been placed into receivership entitled to retain counsel on behalf of the corporation without prior approval of the Receiver or the court?

Norgate Metals is granted CCAA protection by Québec Superior Court

  • Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • December 1 2011

Norgate Metals, a Québec-based company specializing in the engineering, manufacturing and installation of steel-based metal products, has received court protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act to continue operations and develop a restructuring plan

The top ten United States bankruptcies

  • Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 5 2011

Call it a sign of the times: the past decade has produced the ten largest bankruptcies in the United States