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Punj Lloyd Limited is an Indian Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company providing services for energy, infrastructure and defense sectors. The company's operations are spread across the Middle East and Africa, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Asia Pacific, South Asia and Europe.
Siebe Gorman & Co Ltd v Barclays Bank Ltd [1979] 2 Lloyd's Rep 142 is a UK insolvency law case, concerning the definition of a floating charge. It was an influential decision for many years, but is now outdated as authority in light of the House of Lords decision in Re Spectrum Plus Ltd.
Bankruptcy prediction has been a subject of formal analysis since at least 1932, when FitzPatrick published a study of 20 pairs of firms, one failed and one surviving, matched by date, size and industry, in The Certified Public Accountant. He did not perform statistical analysis as is now common, but he thoughtfully interpreted the ratios and ...
The UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency was a model law issued by the secretariat of UNCITRAL on 30 May 1997 to assist states in relation to the regulation of corporate insolvency and financial distress involving companies which have assets or creditors in more than one state.
The case was decided in relation to section 31 of the Bankruptcy Act 1914 [5] (which applied to companies by virtue of section 317 of the Companies Act 1948 [6]). Today those provisions have been replaced by section 323 of the Insolvency Act 1986 and rule 14.25 of the Insolvency Rules (England and Wales) 2016 [ 7 ] (formerly rule 4.90 of the ...
Insolvency practice was historically dominated by white men, [1] and section 158(2) of the Insolvency Act explicitly licensed the Minister to consider affirmative action in making the policy. The impugned clauses of the policy were related to these affirmative action considerations.
Pre-packaged insolvency (a "pre-pack") is a kind of bankruptcy procedure, where a restructuring plan is agreed upon in advance of a company declaring its insolvency. In the United States pre-packs are often used in a Chapter 11 filing.
Creditors take a decision at a creditors' meeting called to consider the IVA proposal. The return to creditors is often higher than they would receive in bankruptcy. A vote is taken – by value. 75% in value of those creditors who vote at the meeting by person or by proxy must agree in order for the arrangement to be approved.