Small Business BC abruptly declares bankruptcy

A decades-old non-profit with a mandate of supporting B.C.’s small businesses abruptly declared bankruptcy – resulting in dozens of employees losing their jobs weeks before Christmas. The president of the board of directors for Small Business BC gave a letter to employees last week, saying an insolvency trustee had been appointed to “begin the bankruptcy…

Restructuring & Insolvency round up

26 September 2024 Creditors successful in direct claims for compensation against directors In 2023 the Supreme Court confirmed in the Mainzeal decision that section 301 of the Companies Act could be used for direct claims by creditors against directors for losses suffered as a result of breach of director duties. This was recently used by…

FC Barcelona Declared ‘Technically Bankrupt’ By Catalan Journalist

FC Barcelona have been declared ‘technically bankrupt’. UEFA via Getty Images FC Barcelona have been declared ‘technically bankrupt’ by a leading Catalan journalist. The Blaugrana are mired in debts repeatedly reported as exceeding €1 billion ($1.075 billion), and had to pull various ‘economic levers’ last summer revolving around the sale of future television rights revenue…