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UK Supreme Court clarifies the balance-sheet insolvency test

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 16 2013

The Supreme Court has delivered a judgment providing welcome clarification on the construction and effect of section 123(2) of the Insolvency Act

Events of default? Worth checking your contracts again

  • Morton Fraser
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 15 2013

The Supreme Court handed down an important judgement last week in the case of BNY Corporate Trustee Services Limited v Eurosail - UK 2007 - 3BL PLC

Eurosail has the balance been redressed?

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 15 2013

The Eurosail Supreme Court ruling of 9 May 2013 dismissed the appeal but simultaneously rejected the “point of no return” test relied upon by the

Liquidators' costs in a preference claim

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • Hong Kong, United Kingdom
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  • May 13 2013

In The Joint and Several Liquidators of QQ Club Limited (in liquidation) v. Golden Year Limited (HCCW 2452011, 9 April 2013) (QQ Club), the Court of

Eurosail - the point of no return: the final chapter

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 10 2013

Nearly three years after the High Court decision on the case of BNY Corporate Trustee Services Ltd v Eurosail UK 2007 - 3BL PLC and others was handed

Supreme Court reverts to common sense approach on the balance sheet test for insolvency

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 10 2013

The guidelines laid down by the English courts for applying the balance sheet test for insolvency affects not only whether a company is technically

Cold comfort: how latest case law demonstrates the limitations of comfort letters

  • Wragge & Co LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 9 2013

Comfort letters can be a useful tool for providing an assurance of support from a parent to a subsidiary company. In some cases they help inform the

UK Supreme Court issues authoritative decision on 'balance sheet insolvency test'

  • Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 9 2013

The UK Supreme Court today delivered an important decision on the meaning of the so-called 'balance sheet insolvency test' in s.123(2) of the

‘Point of no return’ is not the point says Supreme Court

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 9 2013

So Eurosail-UK 2007-3BL plc (Eurosail) is not 'balance sheet' insolvent, no event of default has occurred under the RMBS notes it has issued and a

Rolling back the point of no return: the English Supreme Court clarifies the balance sheet insolvency test

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 9 2013

The English Supreme Court's eagerly awaited decision on the Eurosail litigation, concerning how the "balance sheet" test for insolvency should be