Bankruptcy and Insolvency in UK Law
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St John Poulton's Trustee in Bankruptcy v Ministry of Justice
... ... Under rule 6.13 of the Insolvency Rules 1986, the court should have sent to the Chief Land Registrar forthwith notice of the petition and a request that it be registered in the ... ...
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Re Citro (Domenico) (a Bankrupt); Re Citro (Carmine) (a Bankrupt)
... ... FROM THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE CHANCERY DIVISION IN BANKRUPTCY (MR JUSTICE HOFFMANN) Royal Courts of Justice ... It should be stated at the outset that section 336 of the Insolvency Act 1986 has no application to either case ... 3 ... ...
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Dear v Reeves
... ... , on the true construction of sections 283 and 436 of the Insolvency Act 1986 Act (the 1986 Act), a right of pre-emption belonging to or vested in a bankrupt at the commencement of the bankruptcy is "property." If it is property, the right forms part of the bankrupt's ... ...
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The Joint Administrators of LB Holdings Intermediate 2 Ltd ((in Administration)) and Others v Anthony Victor Lomas and Others
... ... Paragraph 65 of schedule B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986 permits the administrator of a company to make distributions to ... On 15 September 2008, it commenced Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern ... ...
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Rainy Sky SA and Others v Kookmin Bank
... ... liability under this Bond shall not be affected by … (v) any insolvency, re-organisation or dissolution of the Builder, or (vi) any other matter ... for protection from its creditors, file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or take advantage of any insolvency law, or any action shall be taken by ... ...
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Places for People Homes Ltd v Sharples
... ... two appeals raise common issues about the effect of a person's insolvency on the right of a landlord to obtain an order for possession of a dwelling ... 4 The central issue on the appeals is whether a bankruptcy order (as in the case of Ms Sharples) and a DRO (as in the case of Mr ... ...
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Johnson and Another v Davies and Another
... ... an individual voluntary arrangement made under part VIII of the Insolvency Act 1986 by a co-obligee who was liable, jointly with the appellants, ... certificate, to consult creditors as to the presentation of a bankruptcy petition ... 4 The claim in this action is for repayment of the sums ... ...
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Rubin and another v Eurofinance SA and Others
... ... two questions for our determination: (1) should foreign bankruptcy proceedings, here Chapter 11 proceedings in the United States Bankruptcy ... in accordance with the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency (“the Model Law”) as set out in schedule 1 to the Cross-Border ... ...
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Evans and another v Jones and another
... ... a "preference" for the purposes of sections 239 to 241 of the Insolvency Act 1986. It is also clear that each of the payments was made within the ... number of swap agreements with Lehman Brothers which filed for bankruptcy protection in the USA. It had made claims in the liquidation of Lehman ... ...
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Maclaine Watson & Company Ltd v International Tin Council
... ... 18 In Re a Bankruptcy Notice [1907] 1 K.B. 479 this court had to decide whether an order was ... ...
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