New Delhi, Sep 23 (PTI) The Delhi High Court has asked the Centre and the IBBI to respond to a plea by former chairman of Bhushan Power and Steel Ltd (BPSL) Sanjay Singal, challenging the provisions on personal insolvency proceedings against guarantors of corporate debtors.A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek…
Hyderabad: The HC on Wednesday sought to know from a private trader, whose company is under liquidation, whether he can still represent his firm before the court.A bench of Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice B Vijaysen Reddy posed this question to advocates representing Rajesh Agarwal, managing director of BS Company, who challenged the…
11:32 24/09/2020 MOSCOW, September 24 (RAPSI) The Moscow Commercial Court has extended bankruptcy management against Vneshprombank for six months, the court records read. According to a petition of the Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA), the banks bankruptcy receiver, the work on legal recovery of loan indebtedness from legal entities and individuals is still ongoing and disposal…
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Source: AAP/Daniel Pockett. Small business owners facing bankruptcy will stay in control of their companies while restructuring debts under a Morrison government plan to overhaul Australias insolvency system. On Thursday, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg unveiled a suite of insolvency reforms to protect small businesses from the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying Australia…
The report comes just days after Victorian Supreme Court Justice Ross Robson offered a scathing assessment of Mr Mawhinney as he ordered the provisional liquidation of companies backing another Mayfair 101 fund, the $81 million IPO Wealth. The findings will make for grim reading for secured MCore noteholders anxious about the status of their funds,…
Small business has been hit hard by COVID-19. Health restrictions forced many small businesses to close their doors, while others have managed to stay open, albeit with significantly less foot traffic through their store. Meanwhile, bills rack up, be it for energy, insurance, rent or interest on a loan all of which need to eventually…
Current relief in the form of commercial leasing rules and creditor limitations for debtors has created an artificial environment that keeps failing companies alive, credit agency CreditorWatch says. According to data from CreditorWatch, voluntary administrations across the country have fallen sharply compared to the same time last year with many businesses insulated by temporary insolvency…
The Federal Government is planning to overhaul insolvency rules, adopting an American-style model to help small businesses struggling because of the coronavirus pandemic to either restructure or fold. Key points: Finance bodies expect a wave of insolvencies when emergency protections for business owners expire at the end of the year The reforms will allow small…
The Morrison government will make sweeping changes to the insolvency system to improve the chances of saving small businesses hit by the pandemic. The reforms which are described as the most significant for three decades will cover three quarters of businesses currently subject to insolvency, almost all of which have less than 20 employees. The…
Before the Covid-19 outbreak, from late 2019 to early 2020, the market was already witnessing a significant increase in the number of companies applying for court-supervised insolvency proceedings, including bankruptcy, an insolvent liquidation proceeding, and rehabilitation, a proceeding somewhat akin to a Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding in the US. The number of distressed companies was…