Articles 2021

Aujourdʼhui
Aujourdʼhui

Ontario Court of Appeal Provides Guidance on Vesting Orders in Receivership – and Beyond

  • 04 novembre 2019
  • Kathryn Esaw and Miranda Spence

In light of the critical importance of vesting orders, Canadian insolvency and banking professionals were understandably anxious when the Ontario Court of Appeal recently asked for submissions on whether receivership vesting orders can extinguish third party interests in land in the nature of a Gross Overriding Royalty.

Droit de l’insolvabilité, Student Forum
What Would Churchill Do?

What Would Churchill Do?

  • 18 mai 2018
  • Edward Olkovich

Creative abstraction can enable problem-solvers to move beyond stated positions and assumptions by using more than just the power of logic and persuasion as the primary means of conflict resolution in order to uncover the underlying interests, fears and concerns of the parties.

Mécanismes extrajudiciaires de règlement des conflits, Droit de l’insolvabilité, Student Forum

Planes, Leaves and Appeals: Appeals Under Section 193(c) of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act

  • 19 juillet 2016
  • Craig A. Mills, Miller Thomson LLP

Appeals in the insolvency arena, although procedurally governed by provincial rules of civil procedure, become a little more complicated when dealing with the appeal provisions contained in the BIA. That means that when appealing an order granted under the BIA, the first thing you need to figure out is whether you have an automatic right of appeal or if you need to seek leave to appeal.

Droit de l’insolvabilité

$7.3 Billion For Everyone: Nortel Networks Corporation (Re) – Asset Allocation Trial

  • 30 juin 2015
  • Jeffrey Levine, Stephen Eddy and Bettina Xue

In the recent highly publicized decision involving Nortel’s global insolvency, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ordered a novel asset allocation scheme. This case demonstrates the tremendous flexibility of the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (“CCAA”) and the discretion the CCAA provides to courts.

Droit de l’insolvabilité

New Life For an Old Claim: Bankruptcy Act Offers Route to Litigate Fraudulent Conveyance Action a Second Time

  • 11 novembre 2014
  • Jeffrey Levine and Stephen Eddy

An overview of the Superior Court's decision in Incondo Building Corporation v Sloan, which ended a decades-old legal battle offering guidance on the interplay between provincial limitations rules in the context of conveyance claims and claims advanced pursuant to section 38 of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.

Droit de l’insolvabilité