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Restructuring & Insolvency Analysis: The Court of Appeal held that an out-of-court appointment of administrators may be ineffective where a qualifying...
The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (DBIST) has launched a consultation on proposals to simplify and modernise the UK’s...
This week's edition of Banking and Finance weekly highlights includes: (1) HM Land Registry updates Practice Guide 67; (2) ICC calls for Basel reforms...
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has published an updated paper on accounting for carbon credits, examining the treatment of...
Invoice discounting and factoringThe popularity of financing business through the invoice discounting and factoring of receivables has grown...
Foreign exchange (FX) derivativesWhat is a FX derivative?A foreign exchange (FX) derivative is a type of derivative whose payoff depends on the FX...
Types of debt securitiesWhat are debt securities?In the context of the debt capital markets, the term 'debt security' means a financial instrument,...
An introduction to repo and the Global Master Repurchase Agreement (GMRA)Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains information on subjects...
What is a true sale in a securitisation context?What is a securitisation?A securitisation is a financing technique used to finance the ownership or sale of types of assets that would otherwise be difficult to finance or sell (ie 'illiquid' assets such as bilateral loans and mortgages and other loans
What is the difference between an appeal and a review?What is an appeal?An appeal in insolvency proceedings is no different to an appeal in normal litigation. An appeal will be allowed only if the appeal court is satisfied that the decision of the lower court was 'wrong' or 'unjust because of a
Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid
Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of caseA strike out order can be made either following an application by the parties or on the court's own initiative. This Practice Note deals with the scenario of the order being made following a party's application.Making an application
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