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Bankruptcy and COMI: habitual residence does not require presence, just habit

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Published on: 21 September 2012
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Article summary

This note is a current awareness article concerning personal insolvency and centre of main interests (COMI) and the recent case of Sparkasse Hilden Ratingen Verlbert v Benk [2012] All ER (D) 88 (Sep).

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