Insolvency Insight - Issue 4 | August 2021

Published date31 August 2021
Law FirmQuadrant Chambers
AuthorMs Emily Saunderson

OVERVIEW

Welcome to the next edition of the insolvency insight bulletin from the insolvency specialists at Quadrant Chambers. All cases link to the relevant judgments.

Author: Emily Saunderson

Editors: Nicola Allsop and Emily Saunderson

Case law

  • Al Jaber v Mitchell [2021] EWCA Civ 1190: the Court of Appeal held that oral and written statements made by an examinee in an examination under section 236 of the Insolvency Act 1986 enjoy immunity from suit. This overturned the decision at first instance.
  • Re Bedzhamov [2021] EWHC 2281 (Ch): a Russian bankruptcy order should be recognised in this jurisdiction but there is no common law power to entrust real property in England owned by a Russian bankrupt domiciled in England to the Russian trustee in bankruptcy. There is no common law...

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