Restructuring & Insolvency weekly highlights—18 June 2020

Table of contents

• Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill
• Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill passes Lords’ committee stage
• Committee expresses concerns regarding fast-tracking of Bill amid coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Assessing the impact of the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill on property
• Re A company (application to restrain advertisement)
• Pensions implications of the new Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill
• Insolvency Service releases draft guidance for monitors
• Key R&I law developments
• Finance Bill 2020: Public Bill Committee third and fourth sittings
• Proving causation—business interruption insurance coverage amid coronavirus (COVID-19)

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Article summary

This week’s edition of Restructuring & Insolvency weekly highlights includes further updates on the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill, the Supreme Court’s decision in Bresco v Lonsdale on whether a liquidator can commence an adjudication, the decision in Re Akkurate Ltd as to whether section 236(3) of the Insolvency Act 1986 (IA 1986) has extra-territorial effect, plus a round-up of other news and cases for restructuring and insolvency professionals.