ActionSA Supports Debt Relief Programme and Recommends Measures to Ensure Effective Implementation

Today, ActionSA moved an amendment to the Municipality’s full and final settlement debt relief programme, which seeks to assist households and businesses struggling with historical municipal debt. The programme, approved by Council, will be effective from today until 30 June 2025. In our proposed amendment, we called for the extension of the programme’s deadline to…

Bond providers chase under-administration parent company Roberts Co Australia for security guarantees

Bond providers are the latest casualty of the collapse of Andrew Roberts’ building empire, with the billionaire putting another company into administration as developer clients ESR and Investa call in guarantees worth tens of millions of dollars on their stalled projects. Roberts Co Australia, which the businessman put into administration last week, faces claims by…

Enhancements proposed to Singapore’s Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency Regime | Global law firm

Introduction On 11 March 2025, the Committee to Enhance Singapore’s Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency Regime (the Committee) released its long-awaited report (the Report) on additional reforms to Singapore’s corporate restructuring and insolvency (R&I) landscape. The Report surveys Singapore’s R&I legislative framework, which came into effect in 2018, identifies challenges to its operation and proposes a…

NCLAT dismisses insolvency plea against PepsiCo India, Marketing & Advertising News, ET BrandEquity

Highlights The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has dismissed an insolvency petition against PepsiCo India Holdings, stating that the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code cannot be used as a debt-recovery mechanism. The appellate tribunal upheld the earlier decision by the Chandigarh bench of the National Company Law Tribunal, which rejected SNJ Synthetics’s plea for initiating Corporate…

Special measures for insolvency resolution of defunct companies

ICAI has suggested implementation of specialized measures to the challenges posed by defunct companies in the corporate insolvency resolution process (CIRP) and streamline the insolvency resolution process. The Insolvency and Valuation Standards Board (I&VSB) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has released a study report on the efficacy of the Insolvency and…